KIINKO - Real Estate Education

KIINKO Real Estate Education  offers specialist postgraduate education and training for asset, property and facilities management professionals in Finland.

Who we are?

The company was founded in 1978 by Finland’s main real estate associations, and these associations are still our owners today. Through the owners and our institutional partners KIINKO has close ties with the Finnish real estate and construction business. We also have close cooperation with universities and other research institutions both in Finland and internationally.

Since the beginning KIINKO’s mission has been to support the Finnish real estate and construction industry by providing top quality courses and education programmes for professionals involved in all aspects of the property business.

KIINKO is divided into two parts: the Foundation, which concentrates on long term programs and the Centre, which concentrates on short intensive courses.

The owners and institutional partners are:

The owners are:

• The Finnish Real Estate Federation (FREF)
• The Finnish Association of Building Owners and Construction Clients (RAKLI)
• The Finnish Association of Real Estate Agents (SKVL)
• Finnish Real Estate Management Federation (FREMF)
• Student Housing in Finland Ltd (SOA)
• The Swedish Real Estate Association in Helsinki
• VVO Group
• SATO Corporation

The institutional partners are:

• Finnish Facility Management Association (FIFMA)
• Property Valuation Board of the Central Chamber of Commerce
• The Institute for Real Estate Economics (KTI)
• KTI Property Information Ltd
• The Central Federation of Finnish Real Estate Agencies (KVKL)

What we do:

KIINKO Real Estate Education is about lifelong learning. Our courses and programmes fall into four main groups: 

• Group 1 is real estate business and management, including leadership aspects
• Group 2 is construction and construction project management, including infrastructure, housing and commercial buildings as well as all renovation related projects
• Group 3 is administration and property management
• Group 4 is facilities management and services

Several programmes can be approved as part of academic studies, for instance, we run an MBA-module for University of Jyväskylä.

Annual Convention of Property Investment Prospects

KIINKO Real Estate Education organises The Annual Convention of Property Investment Prospects. It is the largest single event for real estate professionals in Finland. Since 1995 it has gathered together all the most important executive level players from institutional investors, property companies, banks, private foundations, developers, management companies, law firms, end-users, service providers… practically everyone in business in Finland.  In 2006 we decided the time was ripe for broadening our horizon: ever since we have been building also an international side track to our event inviting real estate professional from Scandinavia, Russia, Baltic Countries and Europe in general.  www.propertyinvest.fi

For more information, please do not hesitate to ask:

KIINKO Real Estate Education

Malmin asematie 6, FI-00700 Helsinki
 Tel. + 358 9 3509 290  + 358 9 3509 290
 Fax + 358 9 3511 380
 Email: firstname.surname@kiinko.fi