The Undergraduate of the Year Award Celebrating Social Mobility in Real Estate and the Built Environment 2026

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

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.

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 that the internship will be for the month of August.

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.

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