The Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI) is to unveil new industry specific programmes for its 2008, starting January, at Najah Abu Dhabi 2007.

DREI, the region’s first academic institute for real estate studies, will also roll out special value packages to applicants registering at the event.

Najah Abu Dhabi 2007, the UAE’s most comprehensive education, training and careers event, will be held from November 4 to 6, at the Abu Dhabi International Exhibition Centre.

Marking its debut participation, DREI will feature its spectrum of academic offerings at Stand 5-D 21.

DREI staff will be on hand to provide additional information and counselling on DREI’s course content.

New programmes offered in the special value package will include Managing Real Estate Development Projects, Value Engineering, Effective Real Estate Marketing, Financing Infrastructure, Negotiation Skills and a Masters degree in Sustainable Real Estate Development.

The concessional privilege will also extend to segments on DREI’s Successful Real Estate Development, provided in partnership with the National University of Singapore (NUS), and its graduate diploma programme, offered in partnership with Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology. 

Dr Mohamad Al Shehhi, managing director of DREI said:

“DREI seeks to fill the needs of the US$1 trillion Middle East estate real estate industry, which is continuously looking to recruit trained, qualified and skilled professionals.

“Najah Abu Dhabi is an ideal platform for DREI to target students and executives wishing to enhance their professional qualifications.

“We will also draw the interest of human resource specialists from organisations keen to provide continuing education for high potential employees.

“DREI will be the first to promote this non traditional area of study at Najah Abu Dhabi. We aim to emphasise our commitment to developing the next generation of leaders that will guide and shape the regional industry in the future.”

As a guest speaker at the event, Dr Mohamad Al Shehhi will provide industry insights on the characteristics of the labour market and skill demands in the new economy, tools for matching personal profile with academic major requirements, and labour market opportunities to develop and leverage transferable skills across jobs and industries.

Najah Abu Dhabi caters to the needs of students, educators, parents, career professionals, training organisers and educational institutions.

Activities at the show will include job profiling, careers advice, over 100 'topic specific' seminars and the region’s largest high level strategic educational conference. It will also showcase several leading UAE companies aiming to recruit industry specific professionals.

DREI is the first and leading comprehensive institute for real estate education in the Middle East, providing high quality programmes in real estate education, training and research. It aims to provide educational and professional development support to executives and professionals in the real estate sector.

As the first specialised real estate academic institution in the region, the Dubai Real Estate Institute aims to enrich and broaden the knowledge and competency base of real estate industry professionals and managers.

The institute, which will commence courses in the academic year 2007-2008, operates in partnership with several international real estate universities to provide high value learning experiences to its students.

Addressing strategic growth opportunities, competitive challenges and operational imperatives of the real estate industry in the MENA region, Asia, and Turkey, the institute will offer graduate programmes as well as professional development courses.

These courses will focus on real estate development processes, asset and portfolio management, real estate<