Could your experience make you eligible for RICS membership in Asia Pacific (APAC)?

Australia

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)
MRICS	Certified Quantity Surveyor Associate Member or Member Five years’ relevant experience post-membership Applies only to applicants who qualified in Australia	Chartered Quantity Surveyor

Note: The Associate grade ceased being offered on 30 November 2012, replaced by the Member grade. The two grades are identical in status and prerequisite requirements. Existing Associate members can elect to retain the Associate title or transfer to the Member title. This route applies only to applicants who qualified in Australia.

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for RPQ for AssocRICS, see below for further information.

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Pathway
AssocRICS	Affiliate Member Applies only to applicants who qualified in Australia	Quantity Surveying and Construction

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for the RICS Assessment to Membership, click here.

RPQ type

Conditions and eligibility requirements

Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)

MRICS

Available to API Associate Member with:

Certified Commercial Property Manager
Certified Facilities Manager
Certified Practising Valuer (Residential)
Certified Practising Valuer (CPV)
Certified Practising Valuer (Plant and Machinery)

Chartered Facilities Management Surveyor
Chartered Planning and Development Surveyor
Chartered Valuation Surveyor
Chartered Commercial Property Surveyor

(Subject to API specialism)

Note: Applicants must have five years’ relevant experience of which one year must be post-credential.

RPQ type

Conditions and eligibility requirements

Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)

MRICS

Available to API Associate Member with one of the following credentials:

Certified Development Practitioner
Certified Funds Manager

N/A

Note: Applicants must have five years’ relevant experience of which one year must be post-credential, plus, demonstrate three hours’ CPD relating to the Red Book.

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)
MRICS	A Fellow of API is eligible to be admitted to FRICS	N/A

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for RPQ for AssocRICS, see below for further information.

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Pathway
AssocRICS	Provisional Member (PMAPI) The Residential Property Valuer (RPV) credential Two years’ relevant experience	Residential Property Management

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Pathway
AssocRICS	AAPI designation Certified Property Practitioner (CPP) credential	Commercial Property

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for the RICS Assessment to Membership, click here.

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)
MRICS	Level 1 Building Certifiers Five years’ relevant experience post-qualification	Chartered Building Control Surveyor

Don’t meet the requirements? If you are a Level 2 Building Certifier or have under 5-years experience, you may be eligible for RPQ for AssocRICS, see below for further information.

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Pathway
AssocRICS	Level 1 or Level 2 Licensed Building Certifiers in Australia	Building Control

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for the RICS Assessment to Membership, click here.

China

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)
MRICS	Senior International Engineering Project Manager credential One year of relevant experience post-qualification	Chartered Project Management Surveyor

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for RPQ for AssocRICS, click here for more information.

Hong Kong

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)
MRICS	Member Five years’ relevant experience post-membership	Chartered Facilities Management Surveyor

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for RPQ for AssocRICS, click here for more information.

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)
MRICS	Corporate Member (FHKIS or MHKIS) of the General Practice, Land Surveying, Planning and Development or Property/Facility Management division One-year relevant experience post-membership	Chartered Land Surveyor Chartered Facilities Management Surveyor Chartered Planning and Development Surveyor Chartered Valuation Surveyor (Subject to HKIS division)

Note: This route does not apply to any other divisions of HKIS

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for RPQ for AssocRICS, click here for more information.

Japan

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)
MRICS	Holders of the ARES Certified Masters (ACM) credential Five years’ relevant experience, 12 months of which must be post-ACM	N/A

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for RPQ for AssocRICS, click here for more information.

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)
MRICS	Holders of the BSIJ’s Qualified Building Cost Manager (QBCM) credential Five years’ relevant experience, 12 months of which must be post-QBCM	Chartered Quantity Surveyor

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for RPQ for AssocRICS, click here for more information.

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)
MRICS	Full member of JAREA with the Licensed Real Estate Appraiser (LREA) credential	Chartered Valuation Surveyor

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for RPQ for AssocRICS, click here for more information.

Malaysia

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)
MRICS	Member 10 years’ relevant experience post membership	Chartered Building Surveyor Chartered Land Surveyor Chartered Valuation Surveyor Chartered Quantity Surveyor (Subject to RISM specialism)

Note: The period of experience is reduced to five years post membership for applicants who qualified via an assessment run by:

The Board of Quantity Surveyors, Malaysia (BQSM) or
The Board of Valuers, Appraisers and Estate Agents (BOVEAP) or
The Board of Land Surveyors Malaysia (BLSM)

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for RPQ for AssocRICS, click here for more information.

New Zealand

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)
MRICS	Member Five years’ relevant experience post-membership Relevant undergraduate degree	Chartered Land Surveyor Chartered Hydrographic Surveyor Chartered Engineering Surveyor (Subject to NZIS specialism)

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for RPQ for AssocRICS, click here for more information or see below.

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)
MRICS	Member with the title Registered Surveyor Five years’ relevant experience post-membership Relevant undergraduate degree	Chartered Land Surveyor Chartered Hydrographic Surveyor Chartered Engineering Surveyor (Subject to NZIS specialism)

Note: This route is also open to Fellows of NZIQS with a relevant undergraduate degree

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for RPQ for AssocRICS, click here for more information or see below.

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)
MRICS	Full Member, Senior Member or Fellow Member Five years’ relevant experience post-membership (can include time with a predecessor body)	Chartered Commercial Property Surveyor

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for RPQ for AssocRICS, click here for more information or see below.

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)
MRICS	Must hold the VRBNZ’s ‘Registered Valuer’ title	Chartered Valuation Surveyor

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for RPQ for AssocRICS, click here for more information or see below.

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Pathway
AssocRICS	Full Member + Registered Building Surveyor title + Passed the NZIBS remediation course	Commercial Property

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for the RICS Assessment to Membership, click here.

Other/International

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)
MRICS	Full Member 10 years’ relevant experience post-membership	Chartered Hydrographic Surveyor

Philippines

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Pathway
AssocRICS	Full Member	Quantity Surveying and Construction

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for the RICS Assessment to Membership, click here.

Singapore

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)
MRICS	Full Member 10 years’ relevant experience post-membership	Chartered Land Surveyor Chartered Valuation Surveyor (Subject to SISV specialism)

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for RPQ for AssocRICS, click here for more information.

RPQ type	Conditions and eligibility requirements	Chartered Alternative Designation (if applicable)
MRICS	Full Member Five years’ relevant experience (of which at least one year must be post qualification) Must be working (or primarily based) in Singapore An SISV member will not be eligible for RICS membership if they apply outside Singapore	Chartered Quantity Surveyor

Don’t meet the requirements? You may be eligible for RPQ for AssocRICS, click here for more information.

Could your experience make you eligible for RICS membership in Asia Pacific (APAC)?

Australia

Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS)

Australian Property Institute (API)

Level 1 or 2 Building Certifier

China

China International Contractors Association

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Institute of Housing (HKIH)

Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS)

Japan

Association for Real Estate Securitization (ARES)

Building Surveyors Institute of Japan (BSIJ)

Japan Association of Real Estate Appraisers (JAREA)

Malaysia

Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM)

New Zealand

New Zealand Institute of Surveyors (NZIS) / Survey and Spatial New Zealand (S+SNZ)

New Zealand Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NZIQS)

Property Institute of New Zealand (PINZ)

Valuers Registration Board of New Zealand (VRBNZ)

New Zealand Institute of Building Surveyors (NZIBS)

Other/International

International Hydrographic Organisations’ Category A Hydrographic Surveyor

Philippines

Philippines Institute of Certified Quantity Surveyors (PICQS)

Singapore

Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV – all divisions except Quantity Surveying)

Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV – Quantity Surveying division)