# Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh highlights Stern students' strong interest in real estate

1 Faculty News March 21, 2016 ![BusinessBecause logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/BusinessBecause_logo.jpg?itok=HoBjU3u5)>

Excerpt from [BusinessBecause](http://www.businessbecause.com/news/mba-careers/3876/big-data-is-hot-in-real-estate-mba-programs) -- "Applications to these programs have surged. [Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/stijn-van-nieuwerburgh), director of NYU Stern’s Center for Real Estate Finance Research, says: 'The tangibility of real estate assets differentiates it from finance in a way that many students find very attractive.'"

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