Rate My Professor Dermot McGeown

Dermot McGeown is a Senior Lecturer in Property and Head of the Undergraduate Property Program at the University of Melbourne, within the Melbourne School of Design, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. He coordinates key subjects in the Property major, including Design and Property Principles (PROP20002), Design and Property Industry Studies (PROP20003), Property Case Studies (ABPL30059), and Design and Property Studio (PROP30003). McGeown's academic background encompasses a Bachelor of Science in Surveying from Trinity College Dublin, Master of Practical Accountancy and Master of Business (Accounting) from Monash University, Master of Business (Property) and Graduate Diploma in Valuation from RMIT University, and Diploma in Construction Economics from the Dublin Institute of Technology. Professionally, he holds Fellowships and Associateships including FRICS (Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), FAIQS (Fellow of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors), and AAPI (Associate of the Australian Property Institute). With over 14 years as a property academic, primarily at the University of Melbourne since around 2010, having joined from RMIT, McGeown emphasizes studio-based learning to bridge theory and practice in property and construction.