Assessment dates and process

Submission deadlines

Chartered interviews (APC, Senior Professional, Specialist)

Submission deadline

Assessment interviews

16-22 September 2024

November 2024

01-08 April 2025

June 2025

01-08 September 2025 November 2025

APC Preliminary Review (written stage)

Submission deadline

Assessment results

01-07 July 2024

August 2024

03-10 February 2025 April 2025
01-08 July 2025 October 2025

Associate Assessments

Submission deadline

Assessment results

01-08 August 2024

October 2024

03-10 February 2025 April 2025
01-08 July 2025 October 2025

Enrolment joining information:

Enrolment application fee is €960.00. This fee is non-refundable unless you withdraw your application within a cooling off period of 14 days from the date your enrolment is processed by RICS.

  • When enrolment takes place before 1 October you will pay the current year’s subscription in full and you will then be required to pay the following year’s subscription when this becomes due, on 1st January.
  • When enrolment takes place after 1 October, your subscription fee will cover the period from October to December of the current year and all of the following year

Deferring your final assessment information:

Once you have successfully completed the final assessment, the following fees are applicable:

  • A one-time entrance fee - €186.00, PLUS
  • Upgrade of candidate to MRICS subscription fee. Please visit the Professional Renewals fee information link

If you have submitted your application for final assessment, and then wish to defer, you must inform your local RICS office by email. It is your responsibility to notify RICS if you wish to defer, RICS will not accept notification from a third party.

If you defer your final assessment after receiving your final assessment interview date and time confirmation, you will be charged a €400.00 deferral fee that will be payable when you next apply

Appeal fee information:

If you wish to appeal the decision of your referral, the appeal fee is €100.00. 

Candidates who are referred have the right to appeal.

You cannot appeal simply because you disagree with the assessors’ decision about your competence. The appeal panel does not question the merits of the assessors’ decision. It looks at the way the final assessment was conducted, and will allow the appeal only if, on the balance of probabilities, there was fault in the process.

It does not reach any conclusion about the candidate’s competence to practise: it considers only administrative or procedural matters.

Appeal panel

Appeals are considered by an RICS appeal panel of three chartered surveyors who have no connection with you or your employer, and no previous knowledge of your final assessment interview.

The appeal panel has no powers to admit a candidate to RICS membership: if an appeal is approved, the original final assessment interview is disregarded and you will be given a fresh interview.

 

 

How to appeal                                                 

You have 21 days in which to appeal. This is taken from the date on which your referral report is issued.

  • Complete the APC candidate appeal form (download it from this page) and submit the required appeal fee (no third party may appeal on your behalf).
  • Detail, in no more than 1,000 words, the reasons for the appeal. No further supporting documentation is permitted and no representations may be submitted by another party who was not present at the interview (e.g. supervisor, counsellor, employer)
  • Send to RICS within 21 days of the date your referral report was issued.

The process takes approximately seven weeks following receipt of your appeal.

 

Candidate guides and templates - Non-UK Applications

Associate assessment candidate guide

The candidate guide provides all the information you need to prepare your submission for assessment.

Pathway guides

You will also need to download the pathway guide for your chosen area of practice.

Find your pathway guide

APC candidate guide

The candidate guide provides all the information you need to prepare your submission for assessment and prepare for the final assessment interview.

APC candidate guide (PDF 0.61MB)

Published date: 31 January 2024

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Pathway guides

You will also need to download the pathway guide for your chosen area of practice.

Find your pathway guide

Senior professional applicant guide

The applicant guide provides all the information you need to prepare your submission for assessment and prepare for the final assessment interview.

Pathway guides

You will also need to download the pathway guide for your chosen area of practice.

Find your pathway guide

Specialist applicant guide

The applicant guide provides all the information you need to prepare your submission for assessment and prepare for the final assessment interview.

Pathway guides

You will also need to download the pathway guide for your chosen area of practice.

Find your pathway guide