AECSA is a non-profit organisation set up to investigate and categorise the educational standards of universities and professional organisations
around the world.
Over the years it has investigated over 1,000 universities and professional bodies, and list all who meet its high certification standards as
"approved" organisations. AECSA also lists universities and professional bodies that are of a dubious nature
under headings such as "degree mills" and "non-traditional"
institutions on this website.
AECSA also undertakes the ranking of universities and professional bodies
by specialisation, either by itself or via the rankings published by leading educational establishments, newspapers and professional journals...
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Professional Bodies > Real Estate
AECSA therefore provides a rating system of such professional bodies, based on its investigations, as follows:
Rating 1: Professional associations having strict membership criteria, including completion of state-of-the art education programs (usually at Masters Degree Level); strong recognition by employer groups; provision of substantial membership benefits and a strong mandatory continuing education development (CPD) program.
Rating 2: Professional associations having some educational requirements for membership (usually at undergraduate degree level); reasonably high recognition by employer groups; provision of good membership benefits and voluntary CPD requirements.
Rating 3: Professional associations having very open entry membership criteria, often with minimal level educational requirements (usually at trade school level or lower); a poor level recognition by employer groups; very basic membership benefits and almost no CPD requirements.
Rating 1
Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)
Rating 2
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)
International Real Estate Institute (IREI)
Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM)
REALTORS? Land Institute (RLI)
Real Estate Council (TREC)
Rating 3
American Association for Leisure and Recreation (AALR)
Association of Commercial Real Estate (ACRE)
Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE)
African Real Estate Society (AfRES)
Appraisal Institute (AI)
Appraisal Institute of Canada (AIC)
American Industrial Real Estate Association (AIREA)
American Land Title Association (ALTA)
American Planning Association (APA)
American Resort Development Association (ARDA)
National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC)
American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA)
American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI)
Asian Real Estate Society (AsRES)
Association of University Related Research Parks (AURRP)
Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA)
Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute (CCIM)
Center for Neighborhood (CEN)
Center for Housing Policy (CHP)
Metro Commercial Investment Brokers, Inc. (CIB)
Counselors of Real Estate Home Page (CRE)
Commercial Real Estate Women - San Francisco (CREW)
European Real Estate Society (ERES)
Fair Housing Network (FHN)
International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI)
International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI-USA)
Housing Assistance Council (HAC)
International Assoc. of Amusement Parks and Attactions (IAAPA)
International Assoc. of Family Entertainment Centers (IAFEC)
International Facility Management Association (IFMA)
Institute of Maintenance and Building Management (IMBM)
International Parking Institute (IPI)
Institutional Real Estate Clearinghouse (IREC)
International Real Estate Society (IRES)
International Society of City & Regional Planners (ISOCARP)
Japan Real Estate Institute (JREI)
Latin American Rea Estate Society (LARES)
Landscape Institute (LI)
Modular Building Institute (MBI)
Multifamily Housing Institute (MFHI)
Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI)
National Apartment Association (NAA)
National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders (NAAHL)
National Assoc. of Corporate Real Estate Execs. Int`l (NACORE)
National Assoc. of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO)
National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers (NAIFA)
National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIPO)
National Association of Realtors (NAR)
Nat`l Assoc. of Review Appraisers & Mortgage Underwriters (NARA/MU)
National Association of Real Estate Appraisers (NAREA)
National Assoc. of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT)
National Assoc. of Residential Property Managers (NARPM)
National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF)
National Housing Conference (NHC)
National Housing Institute (NHI)
National Multi Housing Council (NMHC)
National Network of Commercial Real Estate Women (NNCREW)
National Parking Association (NPA)
National Parks and Conservation Association (NPCA)
National Property Management Association (NPMA)
National Restaurant Association (NRA)
National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA)
Outdoor Recreation and Coalition Association (ORCA)
Property Council of Australia (PCA)
Public Housing Directors Association (PHDA)
Property Management Association (PMA)
Pension Real Estate Association (PREA)
Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES)
Relocation Appraisers and Consultants (RAC)
Real Estate Cyberspace Society (RECS)
Real Estate Educators Association (REEA)
Real Estate Investment Association (REIA)
Real Estate Investment Advisory Council (REIAC)
Real Estate Institute of Canada (REIC)
Real Estate Information Providers Association (REIPA)
Real Estate Journal Interactive (REJI)
Real Estate Research Institute (RERI)
South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA)
Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR)
Self Storage Association (SSA)
Themed Entertainment Association (TEA)
Women in Real Estate (WIRE)
World Waterpark Association (WWA)