Universities

Our experienced teams deliver collaborative strategies for universities, ensuring optimum real estate solutions for students and academics

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With more than 100 years of experience and drawing on a dedicated team of specialists, Knight Frank is able to offer a comprehensive consultancy service to Universities and Higher Education providers across the UK.

The Knight Frank University Real Estate team have worked with a significant number of the UK’s universities on their operational estates and student accommodation schemes, helping them to maximise the potential of their real estate portfolio.    

The team advise on existing estates ensuring they are fit for purpose and future proofed, as well as adding value and providing strategic support in wider masterplan projects working with the private sector and other local real estate providers.

Our expertise includes:

  • Master planning and estate strategies 
  • Student accommodation consultancy and agency  
  • Project management and building consultancy 
  • Planning consultancy & placemaking 
  • Development consultancy & agency 
  • Valuation 
  • Life Sciences & innovation delivery and agency 
  • Funding structures & investment 
  • Energy and sustainability consultancy 
  • Research & Data 

We are ideally placed to work collaboratively and knowledgably with universities to provide real estate solutions for their evolving estates to provide an enhanced experience for university staff and students in the UK.

As the largest privately owned real estate consultancy, Knight Frank is driven by a uniquely personal culture. This culture enables a tailored approach to advising and assisting our clients and drives us to continually strengthen relationships across our network.

With a specialist team, offices across the UK, and a global network, we have the resources and knowledge to ensure the very best advice to the university sector.