FIU Business has been ranked No.1 in the world for real estate research productivity by the Journal of Real Estate Literature. It’s the fifth consecutive year FIU Business has been first globally in the journal’s Real Estate Academic Leadership (REAL) rankings. FIU faculty outranked faculty in established real estate programs including those at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Florida State University, Cornell University, the University of Wisconsin – Madison and the National University of Singapore.
“I am very proud of the faculty at the Hollo School of Real Estate. As one would imagine, it is extremely difficult to earn to the top spot, especially for a public university with modest research funding”, said Eli Beracha, director of the Hollo School. “It is even more difficult to stay at the top for an extended period of time. At FIU we are known to produce a lot with a little.”
The rankings reflect the number of published articles in the top three top three academic real estate journals: The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, the Journal of Real Estate Research, and Real Estate Economics – from 2020-2024.
In addition to the institutional ranking, faculty are also ranked for the number of publications in these journals during that period. Professor Zhenguo Lin is ranked No. 2 in the world with 16 publications; William Hardin, dean of FIU Business is ranked No. 11 with nine publications; assistant professor Walter D’Lima is ranked No. 16 with eight publications; professor Zhonghua Wu is ranked No. 19 with seven publications; and Beracha is ranked No. 27 with six publications.
“The cutting-edge research that our faculty members publish then gets embedded into our teaching curriculum and our students have the privilege to learn firsthand from the leaders in the field of real estate,” said Beracha.
FIU Business offers a Master of Science in International Real Estate program, delivered on campus and online, and an undergraduate Bachelor of Business Administration in Real Estate, with more than 230 students enrolled in fall 2024 across both programs.