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.
