About the Department of Land Economy

“The Department of Land Economy is a leading international centre, providing a full programme of taught courses within an intensive, research-oriented environment. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework assessment, 67% of the Department's research work was described as "World Leading" and a further 31% as "Internationally Excellent", making it the top Department in the field in the UK in the Times Higher Education...

Undergraduate Study

A full, three year honours degree programme (known as the Tripos) leads to the award of a Cambridge first degree (the BA). The main disciplines are law and economics, but with options in aspects of the environment, business finance and resource management. There are approximately 40 first year students each year. The degree leads to many career opportunities.

Postgraduate Study

There are a number of postgraduate courses offered by the Department of Land Economy, including MPhil taught and research programmes in Environmental Policy, in Real Estate Finance, in Planning Growth and Regeneration and in Land Economy Research. The Department also offers a full PhD programme, as well as a Masters in Real Estate (MSt) 2 year, part-time course.

Research Groups

Latest news

Tripos Prizes!

24 January 2023

Congratulations to the following for receiving one of the 2021-22 Land Economy Tripos Prizes: Miss Tereza Zoumpalova received The Noel Dean Prize for best overall performance in Part II Mr Samuel Faheem and Miss Alice Perkins received The Gordon Cameron Memorial Prize for best performance in Paper 7 Mr Aayush Pindoria...

Research co-authored by Prof Andreas Kontoleon on the efficacy of carbon offsets appears in the Guardian

19 January 2023

Research co-authored by Prof Andreas Kontoleon (see here ( https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.03354 ) on the efficacy of carbon offsets appears in the Guardian (18/01/2023)). See Guardian article . The research shows that most forest based carbon offset projects fail to reduce deforestation to the levels expected. Further work is...

Research on the impact of insulation in buildings by gas consumption by CEENRG fellow Dr. Cristina Penasco and Prof Laura Diaz Anadon features in the Guardian

3 January 2023

January 1, 2023, article in the Guardian features research by CEENRG fellow Dr. Cristina Penasco and Land Economy faculty and CEENRG Director, Prof. Laura Diaz Anadon on the impact of insulation in buildings on gas consumption in England and Wales. See Guardian article here . The scientific paper highlighted in the article...

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