The Undergraduate of the Year Award Celebrating Social Mobility in Real Estate and the Built Environment

Could you win the Undergraduate of the Year Award Celebrating Social Mobility in Real Estate and the Built Environment?

Calling all passionate undergraduates from diverse backgrounds! If you’re excited about transforming the real estate industry and driving social mobility, we want to celebrate your potential. Ideal candidates will demonstrate resilience, innovation, and a commitment to excellence. Join us in making a positive impact and shaping the future of our communities.

To enter you need to:

Be in the penultimate year of an undergraduate degree at a UK university
Have a passion for Real Estate & the Built Environment

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PRIZES

What could you win?

You could win a paid four-week summer internship with CBRE - including mentoring and a breakfast with a senior leader at the organisation. You will work alongside current graduates and senior professionals on a range of projects, giving you first-hand insights into what a graduate career in Real Estate at CBRE is all about. You will gain real-world experience and have opportunities to build a network of professional contacts. Please note, the internship will be for the month of August.

WHAT IT TAKES

What makes an award winner?

Our winner will be passionate about a career in commercial real estate surveying. They should:

display strong written and verbal communication skills
display problem-solving abilities
have an understanding of the industry (commercial awareness)
have a logical and analytical mindset.

Our winner should also demonstrate CBRE’s core values (RISE):

Respect – act with consideration for others’ ideas and share information openly to inspire trust and encourage collaboration.

Integrity – no one individual, no one deal, no one client, is bigger than the commitment to the company and what it stands for.

Service – approach clients’ challenges with enthusiasm and diligence, building long-term relationships by connecting the right people, capital and opportunities.

Excellence – focus relentlessly on creating winning outcomes for clients, employees and shareholders.

FROM OUR PARTNER

CBRE and Social Mobility in the Built Environment and Real Estate

CBRE is a global multi-disciplinary commercial real estate services and investment company. We have a range of opportunities for students and graduates across the UK and serve a range of clients with an integrated suite of services.

When you join CBRE you will have the support and resources of a global firm where a pioneering mindset is encouraged. You'll realise your potential with challenging work, busy assignments, an environment of constant learning and commitment to results. To enable your success, we provide the best tools, training and leaders in the industry.

CBRE knows that students work incredibly hard at university. This competition is a fantastic opportunity to discover and identify the best emerging talent in the building surveying world and give students the recognition they have earned. Alongside this, we want to promote building surveying and real estate as a career to continue to grow and diversify the students undertaking this as a degree.

GOING ALL THE WAY

How do I win?

Register

Extended Deadline:

January

2026

Online tests

Deadline:

January

2026

Submit by

26 January

2026

Your details must be submitted and all online tests completed by 9am on Monday 26th January 2026

If you are successful in getting through to the next stage, you will hear from us by Wednesday 18th February 2026

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Assessment

If you pass the online tests and successfully make it to the next stage, your application will be reviewed by CBRE

Grand final

The final shortlist of ten students will be invited to the awards ceremony on 24th April 2026, where the award winner will be announced.

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