UCREW Calgary 2025
UCREW Calgary – Navigating Real Estate program is a groundbreaking initiative designed to introduce post-secondary students across Calgary to the dynamic and diverse world of commercial real estate.
What is UCREW? It’s a program crafted to empower and engage students from various faculties by offering them a unique gateway into the commercial real estate industry. Whether you are studying accounting, business, finance, engineering, architecture, design, communications, or any other discipline, UCREW will be open to all post-secondary students eager to learn and grow in this field. To help further their education, UCREW offers cash scholarships, a Calgary Real Estate Forum experience, and CREW Calgary memberships.
Application Period:
Applications for the 2025 program were accepted from October 23, 2024 to January 15, 2025. The application period is now closed.
Eligibility Requirements:
Current undergraduate and graduate students with a minimum of two (2) completed semesters in post-secondary as of the application date.
Program Summary:
UCREW students will participate in three (3) sessions, each aimed at providing different commercial real estate knowledge and experiences. For the final session, students will submit a written project and deliver an oral presentation to describe a commercial real estate project they would like to be involved in and based on their future real estate career, describe how they might be involved in the project. The presentations will be judged by an elite panel of judges, followed by additional networking, awards, and celebrations.
Program Dates:
Session I – Education and Networking: January 29, 2025
Student participants will receive an introduction to the various fields related to the commercial real estate industry, CREW Calgary and CREW Network. A team of commercial real estate professionals from Calgary and the surrounding area will provide students with a brief overview of their roles in the industry to demonstrate how various parts of the commercial real estate community work together to bring a project to fruition.
Session II – One-on-One Insight: February 3-21, 2025
To be held on a date within the period of February 3-21, 2025. Student participants will further explore a real estate career through an in-depth interaction between the student and a commercial real estate professional in the work environment. Please note: Session II scheduling will be the responsibility of the student participant according to the availability of the commercial real estate professional.
Session III – Competition and Awards: March 5, 2025
Student participants will submit a written project and deliver an oral presentation to describe a commercial real estate project they would like to be involved in, and based on their future career in real estate, describe ways in which they might be involved in the project. The presentations will be judged by an elite panel of judges, followed by additional networking, awards, and celebration.
Please note: Students participants must fully attend and participate in all sessions. Inadequate or incomplete attendance and/or participation will immediately disqualify students from the program. The written component of the final presentation must be submitted by February 28, 2025.
Program Curriculum:
Program Awards:
Student participants will be competing for the following awards:
First Place:
- 1 x 2025 Calgary Real Estate Forum Experience
- 1 x Cash Scholarship in the amount of $2,000 CAD
- 1 x 2025 CREW Calgary Student Membership
Second Place:
- 1 x Cash Scholarship in the amount of $1,500 CAD
- 1 x 2025 CREW Calgary Student Membership
Third Place:
- 1 x Cash Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 CAD
- 1 x 2025 CREW Calgary Student Membership
Fourth Place:
- 1 x 2025 CREW Calgary Student Membership
Fifth Place:
- 1 x 2025 CREW Calgary Student Membership