Education of surveyors in the field of real estate market valuation: Present situation in the Republic of Serbia

Education of surveyors in the Republic of Serbia has a long tradition. The first higher education in the field of surveying in Serbia dates since 1808, when the Belgrade Higher school was founded, while the first activities in the field of surveying measurements in Serbia dated to the end of XVIII century, when Geodetic service of Austro-Hungarian Empire started the survey at the northern part of Serbia. That was the time when surveyors had only technical skills, but due to changes in a country and society as a whole, nowadays, we have completely another picture about this profession. This paper will focus on education of surveyors in the field of real estate market valuation and benefits that this knowledge gives to them. State educational institutions recognized the importance of these skills, so it will be described the curriculum of those institutions, together with the changes in a society that had a great influence on changing surveying profession. Main focus will be given to subjects dealing with real estate market and real estate market valuation on Belgrade University College of Applied Sciences for Civil Engineering and Geodesy, together with Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Geodesy and Geoinformatics, University of Belgrade.