Adaptation Routes To Membership

 

 

Adaptation Route 1

Required experience at enrolment
At least nine years' relevant surveying experience, pre-degree experience can count

Required academic/professional qualifications
RICS approved professional body membership or non-accredited degree. If you are already a member of another professional body and you want to know whether it is one that RICS recognises for this purpose, please consult the available list.

APC requirements

  • Candidates must complete 450 study hours from an RICS accredited degree either at postgraduate level, or final year of an undergraduate programme or from an approved training provider
  • Candidates must meet the competency requirements 
  • Candidates must provide a record of life long learning completed over the 12 month period before final assessment

Final assessment submissions for first time candidate

  • 'Signed off' mandatory and technical achievement records
  • Lifelong learning records for the previous 12 months, consistent with RICS Rules Of Conduct
  • Critical analysis (3 000 words)
  • Record detailing the relevant technical and mandatory skills required by the APC pathway

Final assessment

  • 60-minute interview including 10-minute presentation on critical analysis
  • Testing on professional practice/ethics

For more information click on one of the following:

Adaptation Route 2 - For EU applications covered by EU Directive

There is an EU Directive that ensures mutual recognition of professional qualification. RICS is a "designated body" under EU law for deciding whether or not qualifications from other EU countries would permit an individual to practice as a chartered surveyor in the UK.

Candidates for RICS membership under the Directive must be members of a relevant professional body in their country of residence. RICS will assess whether or not the requirements of any candidate's professional body are equivalent to those of RICS. If there is a shortfall, RICS will identify the training and experience and/or assessment of competence needed before the candidate can be admitted to membership.

For more details please contact Andrew Williams, ajwilliams@rics.org.

PDF Downloads

Word Downloads

Could you spare just one hour of your time?

RICS Recruit

Advertise on the RICS Find a Surveyor website

Search for a firm
Find a Surveyor 
The Global Directory of RICS qualified individuals.