Assistant or Associate Professor of Real Estate – Development and Finance Focus

University of Miami • Coral Gables, FL

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The University of Miami School of Architecture’s Master of Real Estate Development + Urbanism (MRED+U) program invites applications for a full-time, open-rank faculty position based at the Coral Gables campus, beginning in August 2027. The position may be appointed at assistant, associate, or full professor rank. Rank and appointment type—including consideration for tenured or tenure-track appointments—will reflect the candidate’s qualifications and applicable University requirements.

The program seeks candidates with expertise in real estate, real estate finance, real estate development, or closely related areas. Candidates should contribute to MRED+U’s interdisciplinary mission through teaching, research, scholarship, and/or professional practice. The program particularly values practice-grounded scholarship, engagement with developers and communities, interdisciplinary collaboration, and potential for academic or professional leadership. Candidates must understand real estate finance and be able to integrate appropriate financial concepts and analysis into courses in real estate development, sectors and product types, case studies, and capstone workshops. Teaching dedicated real estate finance courses is valued but not required.

The successful candidate will teach and develop core and elective courses in the current and future curriculum; advise and mentor students; collaborate across disciplines; contribute to development studios and the Capstone Workshop; engage industry partners; and participate in curriculum development and service. The faculty member will also contribute to program leadership and its continued growth and visibility. Research, publication, applied research, and professional engagement will reflect the nature of the appointment.

Applicants must hold at least a master’s degree at the time of application. They may qualify through a doctoral pathway, with a doctorate in real estate, finance, economics, or a closely related discipline and appropriate research, publication, and teaching accomplishments, or through a professional pathway, with a master’s degree in real estate or a related field, significant relevant professional experience, an exemplary professional record, and university teaching experience, preferably at the graduate level. For the doctoral pathway, the degree must be completed before the fall semester begins in August 2027. Applicants whose degree is outside real estate must demonstrate a clear connection through teaching, research, publications, or professional work.

For tenured or tenure-track consideration, candidates must demonstrate a defined or emerging real estate-related research agenda and scholarly publication or potential appropriate to rank. Tenure on appointment requires appointment as an associate professor, prior tenure at another institution, a demonstrably national reputation, and tenure approval before hire. For the professional pathway, rank will reflect professional accomplishments, teaching effectiveness, interdisciplinary work, and leadership experience.

MRED+U is an interdisciplinary, 36-credit graduate program that can be completed in 11 months or over additional semesters. It connects real estate development with livable community design and collaborates with programs across the University, industry partners, public agencies, and communities. The position is based at the Coral Gables campus. Applications are reviewed until the position is filled.

Requirements

• Hold at least a master’s degree at the time of application; candidates whose highest degree is a bachelor’s degree are not eligible.
• Demonstrate knowledge of real estate finance and the ability to integrate financial concepts and analysis into relevant courses.
• Qualify through either an earned doctorate in Real Estate, Finance, Economics, or a closely related discipline, with research, publication, and teaching accomplishments appropriate to career stage and a substantive real estate focus; or a master’s degree in Real Estate or a closely related field, significant relevant professional experience, an exemplary professional record, and university teaching experience, preferably at the graduate level.
• For the doctoral pathway, complete the doctoral degree before the fall semester begins in August 2027.
• If the degree is not in real estate, demonstrate a clear connection to real estate through teaching, research, publications, and/or professional work.
• For tenured or tenure-track consideration, demonstrate a defined or emerging research agenda in real estate-related areas and scholarly publication or potential for high-quality publication appropriate to rank.
• Assistant professor candidates seeking tenure-track consideration must demonstrate potential for excellent teaching and high-quality research.
• Associate professor candidates seeking tenure-track consideration must have a research and publication record commensurate with rank and demonstrated excellence in graduate teaching in real estate or related areas.

Nice To Haves

• Experience teaching dedicated real estate finance courses.
• Scholarship grounded in practice and engagement with developers and communities.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration and potential for academic or professional leadership.
• Accomplishments and leadership demonstrated through development projects, academic programs, curriculum development, or collaborations among industry, universities, public agencies, and communities.
• Experience applying interdisciplinary accomplishments and leadership to graduate teaching, student mentorship, and program leadership.
• Engagement with leading industry organizations such as the Urban Land Institute.
• Experience working with senior industry executives and/or advisory boards.
• For candidates qualifying through the professional pathway, professional accomplishments, teaching effectiveness, interdisciplinary work, and leadership experience commensurate with the proposed rank.

Responsibilities

• Teach and develop core and elective courses in the current and future MRED+U curriculum.
• Advise and mentor students.
• Collaborate across disciplines.
• Contribute to development studios and the Capstone Workshop.
• Engage industry partners.
• Participate in curriculum development and service.
• Contribute to program leadership and support the program’s continued growth and visibility.
• Conduct research, publish, undertake applied research, and engage professionally in ways that reflect the nature of the appointment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior