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As a globally recognised professional body, everything we do is designed to effect positive change in the built and natural environments.

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Find out about your professional fees, how to renew your status, apply for one of our concessions and how to pay your renewal fee.

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RICS Professional Skills & Development Training can help your business close the skills gap with bespoke, corporate, in-house training delivered by experts in the Built Environment.

Useful Links

Sector Standards

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Rules of Conduct

RICS Valuation - Global Standards 'Red Book'

Join an RICS Board, Committee or Engagement Group

RICS consumer guides

Navigating property decisions can be overwhelming. RICS has created a library of free, easy-to-understand consumer guides to help.

News & Insights

Cladding External Wall System (EWS) FAQs

Frequently asked questions relating to Cladding External Wall Systems (EWS) in relation to fire safety.

Senedd 2026: What the Welsh manifestos mean for the built and natural environment

As Wales prepares for the 2026 Senedd election, RICS has undertaken an in depth analysis of the main party manifestos and what they mean for the built and natural environment.

Commercial property reforms: What does it mean for landlord and tenant disputes?

In this DRS 50 webinar, our expert panel - Clive Gillingwater, Iain Coxon and Gemma Beasley - examined what these reforms could mean in practice.

Update from Justin Young, RICS CEO – April 2026

Inspiring young people into surveying in Wales: a critical but rewarding endeavour

For Sian Cornwell-Shaw MRICS, a senior property surveyor at NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership- Specialist Estates Services (NWSSP -SES), surveying is a vocation, and a career choice that she believes more people should be aware of.

RICS and global partners launch CLEAR to align whole-life carbon reporting across built environment

RICS has announced the launch of the Coalition for Life Cycle Emissions Alignment and Reporting (CLEAR); a global initiative designed to harmonise the measurement and reporting of whole-life carbon emissions across the global built environment.

EWS Assessment Training Programme Completers

EWS Assessment training programme has been designed for Chartered Surveyors who qualified through the Building Surveying or Building Control pathways,

Home survey standard 2nd edition: April 2026 update

We are continuing to work through the consultation comments of the Home survey standard’s 2nd edition.

Supporting our members across the Middle East

We understand this may be an incredibly difficult time for our members and candidates across the Middle East who are navigating significant uncertainty, both professionally and personally.

Session one 2026 UKI assessments are now underway

As we begin the first UK & Ireland Chartered assessment session of 2026, we’d like to share an update on our assessment process and wish all candidates the very best of luck.

UK housing market slows as ongoing Middle East conflict raises borrowing costs

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) UK Residential Survey for March 2026 found the market losing momentum as rising borrowing costs and wider geopolitical uncertainty weighed heavily on buyer confidence and sales activity. New buyer enquiries fell to a net balance of -39%, down from

RICS launches consultation on updated party wall practice guidance

RICS has launched a consultation on the draft 8th edition of Party Wall Legislation and Procedure, inviting feedback from surveyors, legal professionals, dispute resolution practitioners and other stakeholders involved in party wall matters in England and Wales.

Profession & Standards

RICS develops and enforces leading international standards, protecting consumers and businesses by ensuring the utmost level of professionalism is employed across the built and natural environment.

The regulatory functions of RICS relating to Standards and Professional Development are led and overseen by the Standards and Regulation Board (SRB).

Profession & Standards

Profession & Standards Quick Links

RICS Valuation - Global Standards ('Red Book')

Black Book

Fire Safety

Rules of conduct

RICS Professional Development Packages

Embrace your professional development, navigate your way to professional status or drive your organisation forward with our support packages.

Upcoming Training and Events

DRS Training Courses

Expert Witness Certificate - MENA

• 26 hours structured CPD • Online

From د.إ13000

DRS Training Courses

Expert Witness Certificate

• 26 hours structured CPD • Online

From £2100

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Webinar

Dispute Management in the Built Environment During Periods of Uncertainty

• 2 hours structured CPD • Online

Seminar

RICS in Birmingham: Being an Expert Witness

Tue 28 Apr 2026 • 11:40 - 13:15 BST • 1 hour structured CPD • RICS, 55 Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 2AA

Free

Webinar

Dispute Boards around the world – what we’ve learnt from global projects

• 1 hour structured CPD • Online

Free

DRS Training Courses

RICS Mediation Training Programme India

Wed 29 Apr 2026 - Tue 05 May 2026 • 08:30 - 17:30 IST • 50 hours structured CPD • India Council of Arbitration Federation House, 1, Tansen Marg, New Delhi 110001, INDIA

From ₹86600

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Seminar

RICS Matrics Tayside and Fife: Seminar - Flat Roofing in the 21st Century

Wed 29 Apr 2026 • 13:00 - 14:00 BST • Ralph Ogg & Partners, 2 King James Place, Perth, PH2 8AE

Networking

Sydney: Meet the RICS 2026 President - Networking Reception

Wed 29 Apr 2026 • 17:30 - 18:30 AEDT • The Commons Martin Place, 39 Martin Place, Sydney, NSW 2000

$110

Webinar

MEA Regional update: supporting our members during ongoing uncertainty webinar

• 1 hour structured CPD • Online

Free

Seminar

RICS in London: NELA - Navigating the Renters’ Rights Act 2025

Wed 29 Apr 2026 • 19:00 - 21:00 BST • 2 hours structured CPD • Royal Epping Forest Golf Club, Forest Approach, Chingford, London, E4 7AZ

£20

Seminar

RICS in South West - Learn how to use AI responsibly in property

Thu 30 Apr 2026 • 08:30 - 10:30 BST • 1 hour structured CPD • BCC, Unit 7, Greenways Business Park, Chippenham SN15 1BN

Conference

Australasia Commercial Management of Construction Conference 2026

Thu 30 Apr 2026 • 09:00 - 17:45 AEST • 5 hours structured CPD • Shangri-La Sydney, 176 Cumberland St, The Rocks NSW 2000, Australia & Online

From $265

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