Chartered Member (MRICS)

You can enrol at any time in your career, but you must meet one of our eligibility requirements before applying for assessment:

Relevant experience and an RICS-accredited degree
5 years of relevant experience and any bachelor’s degree
10 years of relevant experience operating at an advanced level by seniority, specialisation, or in academia.

The most common way of qualifying as a Chartered Member is through the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC), but you can also qualify as a senior professional, industry specialist, or academic.

Assessment of Professional Competence

The Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) can be completed with or without structured training depending on your experience.

Structured training – develop your skills over 12 or 24 months of structured training before assessment.
Preliminary review – with 5 years of experience, you can go to final assessment following a review of your submissions.

Find out about the APC

Senior professionals, specialists and academics

If your career has progressed based on seniority, specialisation or through academia, we have assessment routes to match your experience.

Senior professional – you have experience as a leader and manager.
Specialist – you have enhanced skills as a recognised authority.
Academic – you are teaching or researching at a university.

Find out more about join fees for all membership routes

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Joining enquiries

Need help choosing the right route to RICS membership? Use our Route Finder to see which route suits your experience. Takes 2-3 minutes.

If you still have any questions about joining RICS or our qualifications, please call 02476 868 555, email join@rics.org or complete an enquiries form.

You can also join our introductory webinar explaining membership, pathways and enrolment, with a live Q&A session and more. You can find upcoming sessions here.

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