Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Join RICS

Routes to membership

A number of different routes to membership have been developed to enable individuals from school-leavers through to professionals working in land, property and construction to gain RICS membership.

Membership of RICS offers you an internationally recognised professional qualification that will increase your status in the sector that you operate in.

Your route to RICS membership will depend on your current level of professional experience, the qualifications that you hold and your current role.

Some routes to membership require you to have an RICS accredited degree. For a full list of RICS accredited courses visit www.rics.org/courses
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Professional Experience

Recognition of experienced individuals who may have the expertise required to join RICS without further study

Adaptation

For experienced surveyors who have a surveying related degree that is not RICS accredited or an RICS approved, degree level professional membership

Associate

Our entry-level qualification designed to recognise the skills of individuals with relevant work experience and vocational qualifications

Senior Professional

Individuals who already have the expertise and seniority to join RICS without the need to undertake a period of further training

Graduate

There are three Graduate routes to RICS membership, dependant on experience, and are aimed at those with an RICS accredited degree

Academic

A bespoke route to RICS membership for academics who have undertaken surveying related teaching and research activities over a minimum period of 3 years

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