What are the benefits of RICS membership?

Explore the value of a RICS qualification - from wider industry recognition and enhanced career opportunities to access to the latest professional insights, guidance, and technologies.

With over 134,000 RICS members around the world and offices covering the major political and financial centres, our market presence puts you at the forefront of the profession and at the heart of international policy.

The value of a RICS qualification

Status - Your professional credentials provide unrivalled client and market confidence
Recognition - Promotion of your professional excellence to governments and markets
Market advantage - RICS status and standards give you a competitive advantage
Knowledge - International practice standards, professional guidance, CPD and knowledge sharing
Network - Access to 134,000 RICS professionals worldwide

Exclusive Member Benefits
Creating demand for your services
Stay at the forefront of the profession
Solutions for you and your business

Exclusive Member Benefits

CPD Support Pack

This complimentary pack is a new benefit for members and candidates, included as part of your annual subscription. For the entire year you will have exclusive access to a range of global and local mandatory, as well as bite-sized content. Keeping you up to date with the profession. Login to your dashboard, with your RICS Account credentials to know what all is included.

Lionheart

Get involved with our independent charity, run by our professionals, for our professionals. Be there for RICS professionals whenever life throws them a curve ball, from APC candidates right through to retirement.

Benefits Plus

Available in selected countries, Benefits Plus offers RICS Members exclusive access to products and services that can support your business and home needs. From insurance to vehicles and more, our partners are carefully selected to join RICS in delivering value.

Modus & Journals

The digital Modus and journals platform provides you with an enhanced and engaging experience to access cutting-edge insight from across the built and natural environment

Creating demand for your services

Standards

Our standards ensure public and stakeholder trust in RICS accreditation. This accreditation means that when anyone employs an RICS professional, they are assured of quality.

Find out more about our global standards

Recent Standards adoption highlights include:

Singapore has launched a new Green Mark building certification scheme that incorporates principles from our Whole Life Carbon Assessment for the Built Environment professional statement.
the Abu Dhabi Government has referenced the Red Book in their new Abu Dhabi Valuation Standard. We will be working closely with the government to train and support the licencing of valuers in the region.
the Scottish Government has signalled strong support for ICMS 3 and their intention to encourage the industry to adopt the standard and related carbon guidance.
the Crown Commercial Service in the UK now requires that all public estates services are carried out by our regulated firms, so that they are delivered to RICS standards.
we have collaborated with the Indonesian Society of Appraisers, at the request of the World Bank, to develop guidance on the valuation of unregistered land – a significant issue in the region.
the Houses of Parliament in London are using IBOS on a new building on Victoria Street, very close to our Parliament Square headquarters, which will enable them to take a user-centred approach to the building.

Recognition

RICS Members’ expertise enables them to offer a high level of service to their clients, gaining a competitive advantage. We champion our members to demonstrate the highest professional and ethical standards, delivering confidence in the market.

Find out more about becoming an RICS member

Find out more about RICS member career progression

Find out about RICS surveying projects and stories

Contribute to surveying

Inspire the next generation! Help to develop standards, professional guidance and policy. Plus share your expertise in our publications, online services and many industry events.

Find out more about how to contribute to surveying

Find your next job in surveying

The leading source of surveying vacancies within construction, land, and property with over 800 jobs across 25 sectors. Offering tailored career advice and much more!

Visit RICSRecruit.com to find your next job in surveying or to advertise with us today to reach over 28,000 candidates looking for their next opportunity.

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RICS Awards

RICS Awards bestow both local and global recognition. They showcase the most inspirational initiatives in the built and natural environments, celebrating the outstanding achievements of RICS professionals and teams of surveyors.

Find out who won across APAC this year

Find out who won RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year 2021

About RICS Awards 2022

Stay at the forefront of the profession

Conferences and seminars

RICS Global Conferences provide essential market insight to help Members stay on top of the latest updates and innovations in each sector of the built environment.

Training

RICS offer a range of useful courses & events – all delivered by experienced professionals sharing their expertise, knowledge and practical advice.

Solutions for you and your business

Isurv

Isurv is a hub of up-to-date content that gives you the confidence to make more informed decisions and positively impact future generations. RICS Members get free access to The Professional Conduct Channel, The APC Channel, The Standards Archive, RICS Standard Forms of Consultant Contracts, Current Standards and Guidance, Overview Content, Features and Journal Articles.

RICS Dispute Resolution Service (DRS)

DRS is the world’s oldest and largest provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services in the land, property and construction industries. Whether you're looking for a dispute resolver or want to gain the skills and experience to act as one, we offer a complete range of methods for resolving disputes across property, land, construction and all other areas of the built environment sector.

Building Cost Information Service (BCIS)

RICS has been collating, analysing, modelling and interpreting cost information for the past 60 years. With the BCIS, we make that information easily accessible through our online applications, data licensing and publications.

RICS Home Surveys Licences

Respected by buyers, sellers and property professionals, RICS home survey reports are used on a range of homes, from brand new apartments to older houses. A licence helps you stay prepared and offer your customers the right survey for their needs. Only AssocRICS, MRICS or FRICS members of RICS are eligible to deliver the RICS Home Survey Level 1.

Market surveys

RICS market surveys are completed by our members and have become leading indicators for the property industry in recent years. Completing each survey and reading the report can also count as 30 minutes of informal CPD. Regular participation can add up to 6 hours of informal CPD each calendar year.

A distinct advantage

In the business world of today, words such as ‘competitive advantage’ and ‘value add’ are easily promised but difficult to deliver. If you are already chartered qualified or looking to be – you don’t just hold an additional qualification. You possess a specialisation that gives you a distinct advantage over others.

Evidence shared shows businesses benefit from the skills, knowledge and experience of you as qualified professionals. You in turn help clients find new markets, increase productivity, assess processes and procedures. Thereby, creating greater efficiencies throughout business activities, resulting in increased profitability.

It is your dedication to learning and practice. Building on the internationally demanded pre-requisites of knowledge, competence, ethics, credibility, quality and consistency.

Explore our global impact

The work we undertake enables our profession to deliver confidence and effect positive change in marketplaces and communities across the world.

Member Engagement, Experience and Value (MEEV)

“I’d like to thank all the members of the MEEV group and all the team across RICS for their commitment to making a real difference for our members.” Rory Murphy FRICS, Chair of the MEEV Working Group.

Read the latest update on member engagement, experience and value.

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Our Expenditure

Each year, RICS Management Board sets out the annual distribution of expenditure. Take a look at the split across key functional areas within the organisation.

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For you, by you

Connect with your peers locally and globally, meet leading figures in industry, and get involved with our expanding network of events, webinars and social media channels.

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CPD Support Pack

This complimentary pack is a new benefit for both members and candidates, included as part of your annual subscription renewal. Login to your Support Pack dashboard with the same credentials as your RICS Account to access a range of global and local mandatory and bite-sized content, keeping you up to date with the profession all year.

The work that shapes our world | RICS

RICS promotes and enforces the highest professional qualifications and standards in the development and management of land, real estate, construction and infrastructure. The work of RICS professionals is hugely varied – watch our video to see how their work shapes our world.

I like to compare my RICS membership with the Premier League. It shows my clients I'm part of the world’s leading professional body, which gives them the confidence they are in good hands.

Susan Perdijk MRICS
Manager FRIS Valuations & Real Estate Advisory, Amsterdam

Why I value my RICS membership

Our members explain what being part of RICS means to them: from career and networking opportunities to the value of trust, respect and professional ethics.

Modus and Journals online

The digital Modus and journals platform provides you with an enhanced and engaging experience to access cutting-edge insight from across the built and natural environment – find out more