Qualifications approved for direct entry to AssocRICS – as of May 2017

Associate Country Professional Body / Qualification

Pathway

Building Control UK  Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) – Corporate Member (the designation MBEng)
(Approved July 2011)

 Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) – Chartered Architectural Technologist (the

designation MCIAT) (Approved Nov 2011)

 Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) – Member (the designation MCIOB) (Approved July 2011)

Australia  Level 1 or Level 2 Licensed Building Surveyors in Australia (Approved Oct 2011)

Building UK  Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) – Corporate Member (the designation MBEng)
Surveying (Approved July 2011)

 Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) – Chartered Architectural Technologist (the

designation MCIAT) (Approved Nov 2011)

 Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) – Member (the designation MCIOB) (Approved July 2011)

 Institution of Clerks of Works and Construction Inspectorate (ICWCI) – Member (the designation MICWCI)
(Approved July 2011)

Malaysia  Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM) – Full Member (Approved April 2012)

New Zealand  New Zealand Institute of Building Surveyors (NZIBS) – Full Member with the title ‘Registered Building
Surveyor’ and have passed the NZIBS ‘remediation course’ (Approved Oct 2011)

Commercial UK  Institute of Asset Management – Diploma (IAMDip) and a minimum of four years’ relevant experience.
Property (Approved March 2013)
Management
Australia  Australian Property Institute (API) – Associate Member w/ Certified Professional Valuer (CPV) (Approved
Oct 2011)
 New Zealand  Property Institute of New Zealand (PINZ) – Full / Senior / Fellow Member (Approved Oct 2011)

United States  CCIM Institute – ‘Certified Commercial Investment Member’ designation (Approved April 2012)

 Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) – Full Member (Approved July 2011)

 The Appraisal Foundation – Valid certification by the appropriate licensing authority of any State or
government entity in the United States, in conformity with the rules set forth by the Appraiser Qualification
Board (AQB) of the Appraisal Foundation, as either a Certified Residential Real Property Appraiser
(CRRPA) and Certified General Real Property Appraiser (CGRPA) (Approved April 2012)

Facilities UK  British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) – Diploma in Facilities Management at Level 4 or higher
Management (Approved June 2010)

 British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM – Part II Professional Examinations (Approved Dec 2010)

(Direct entry is not for BIFM membership but specific BIFM qualifications)

 Sheffield Hallam University Foundation Degree (FHEQ Level 5) – Facilities Management, Facilities
Services, or Integrated Maintenance and Facilities Service. Direct entry is available only to those who have
been in relevant employment throughout the qualification and have at least two years’ relevant experience
at the time of applying for Associate membership. (Approved Nov 2012)

 Sheffield Hallam University Foundation Certificate (FHEQ Level 4) – Facilities Management or Facilities
Services. Direct entry is available only to those who have been in relevant employment throughout the
qualification and have at least two years’ relevant experience at the time of applying for Associate
membership. (Approved April 2013)

 Building Futures Group – Senior Manager Competency Certificate or Strategic Manager Competency
Certificate. Must have a minimum of four years’ relevant experience (Approved May 2014)

 Facilities Society Course (formerly known as the Facilities Management Association Certificate and also the
Building Futures Group Course) (Approved Dec 2012)

 Institute of Asset Management – Diploma (IAMDip) with a minimum of four years’ relevant experience
(Approved March 2013)

Hong Kong  Hong Kong Institute of Housing (HKIH) – Full Member (Approved April 2012)

United States  International Facility Management Association (IFMA) – Certified Facility Manager (CFM) credential
 (Approved September 2016)
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Hydrographic UK  Chartered Institution Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES) – Technical Member (the designation TCInstCES)
Surveying or higher who qualified through Hydrographic Surveying (Approved July 2011)

Hong Kong  ‘Survey Officer (Engineering)’ in the Hong Kong Government (Approved Nov 2012)

New Zealand  New Zealand Institute of Surveyors (NZIS) – Full Member (Approved Oct 2011)

Other  International Hydrographic Organisation Category B Hydrographic Surveyor with ‘Certificate of Field
Proficiency’ (Approved March 2011)

Land UK  Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) – Member (the designation MCIOB) (Approved July 2011)

 Chartered Institution Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES) – Technical Member (the designation TCInstCES)
or higher who qualified through Geospatial Engineering (Approved July 2011)

 Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) – Full Member (the designation
MCIWEM) (Approved April 2012)

 Energy Institute (EI) – Full Member (the designation MEI) (Approved April 2012)

 Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) – Full Member (the designation MICFor) (Approved June 2012)

 Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (IEEM) – Full Member (the designation MIEEM)
(Approved April 2012)

 Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) – Full Member (the designation MIEMA)
(Approved April 2012)

 Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) – Chartered Town Planner (Approved February 2016)

 NVQ Level 4 Diploma Project Management (Approved June 2012)

 NVQ Level 4 Diploma Property Management (Approved June 2012)

 NVQ Level 4 Diploma Spatial Data Management (Approved June 2012)

France  L'ordre des Géomètres-Experts – Registered Expert Land Surveyor (Approved May 2015)
 Ghana  Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) – Full Member (Approved Oct 2013)

Malaysia  Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM) – Full Member (Approved April 2012)

Singapore  Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV) – Full Member (Approved May 2014)

China  China Land Science Society (CLSS) – Full member (Approved February 2016)

Hong Kong  Hong Kong Institute of Housing (HKIH) – Full Member (Approved April 2012)

Australia  Institute of Surveyors Australia (ISA) – Full Member (Approved April 2012)

 Licensed / Registered Mining Surveyor – (Approved March 2017)

 Licensed / Registered Land Surveyor – (Approved April 2012)

New Zealand  Licensed / Registered Land Surveyor (New Zealand) – Licensed / Registered in New Zealand (Approved
April 2012)

 New Zealand Institute of Surveyors (NZIS) – Full Member (Approved Oct 2011)

Canada  Association of Canada Lands Surveyors (ACLS) – Canada Land Surveyor designation (Approved July
2011)

 Professional Surveyors Canada (PSC) – Licensed Member (Approved July 2011)

Trinidad and  Institute of Surveyors of Trinidad and Tobago (ISTT) – Full Member (Approved June 2016)
Tobago

Land/Engineering UK  Chartered Institute Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES) – Technical Member (the designation TCInstCES) or
Surveying higher who qualified through Geospatial Engineering (Approved March 2011)

 Military Engineer (Geographic) Technician Class 1 (ME (Geo Tech) Class 1) (Approved March 2015)

 NVQ Level 4 Diploma Spatial Data Management (Approved March 2011)

South Africa  South African Geomatics Profession Council (PLATO) – Surveying Technologist registered with PLATO
(Approved April 2013)
 Hong Kong  ‘Survey Officer (Engineering)’ and ‘Survey Officer (Land)’ in the Hong Kong Government (Approved
November 2012)

Australia  Institute of Surveyors Australia (ISA) – Full Member (Approved April 2012)

Canada  Association of Canada Land Surveyors (ACLS) – Licensed Canada Land Surveyor (Approved July 2011)

 Professional Surveyors Canada (PSC) – Licensed Member (Approved July 2011)

Project UK  Association for Project Management (APM) – Full Member with the ‘Certified Project Manager Qualification’
Management or ‘Registered Project Professional Qualification’, subject to CV showing two years’ relevant experience
(Approved Dec 2011)

 Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) – Chartered Architectural Technologist (the

designation MCIAT) (Approved Nov 2011)

 Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) – Member (the designation MCIOB) (Approved July 2011)

 Chartered Institution Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES) – Technical Member (the designation TCInstCES)
or higher who qualified through Project Management (Approved July 2011)

 NVQ Level 4 Diploma Project Management (Approved March 2010)

 NVQ Level 4 Diploma Project Control (Approved March 2010)

South Africa  South African Council for Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP) – Registered
Professional (Approved April 2013)

Hong Kong  Hong Kong Institute of Clerks of Works (HKICW) – Full Member (Approved April 2012)

 Institute of Clerks of Works and Construction Inspectorate (ICWCI) – Full Member (the designation
MICWCI). Only available to those working in Hong Kong as project managers. This does not include
members outside the HK or those working in HK in for example mechanical, electrical or tunnelling
engineering. Note - ICWCI is a UK based body but, in the UK, its members are mainly building surveyors
(Approved Dec 2010)

United States  American Institute of Constructors (AIC) – Professional Constructor (Approved July 2011)

 Project Management Institute (PMI) – Holders of the PMI’s PMP certification. A résumé must be reviewed
 by RICS staff to confirm relevant experience. The candidate must name two referees who may be contacted
directly to confirm the experience. (Approved May 2014)

Quantity UK  Association of Cost Engineers (AcostE) – Incorporated Level or above, subject to a résumé review by RICS
Surveying & staff to confirm relevant experience (Approved Jan 2014)
Construction
 Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) – Corporate Member (the designation MBEng)
(Approved July 2011)

 Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) – Chartered Architectural Technologist (the

designation MCIAT) (Approved Nov 2009)

 Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) – Member (the designation MCIOB) (Approved July 2011)

 Chartered Institution Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES) – Technical Member (the designation TCInstCES)
or higher who qualified through one of the following pathways: Cost Engineering, Construction Law,
Estimating, Project Management, Quantity Surveying (Approved Dec 2009)

 NVQ Level 4 Diploma Contracting Operations (Approved June 2009)

 NVQ Level 4 Diploma Construction Site Management (Approved June 2009)

 NVQ Level 4 Diploma Construction Site Supervision (Approved June 2009)

 NVQ Level 4 Diploma Quantity Surveying Practice (Approved June 2009)

 NVQ Level 7 Diploma Construction Senior Management (Approved Aug 2011)

 CIOB Level 4 Diploma in Site Management (Approved Dec 2011)

 Middlesex University’s Foundation Degree in Professional Practice in Construction Operations Management

(Approved March 2013)

South Africa  South African Council for Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP) – Registered
Professional (Approved April 2013)

Ghana  Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) – Full Member (Approved Oct 2013)

Kenya  Institute of Quantity Surveyors of Kenya (IQSK) – Full Member (Approved Oct 2014)
 Malaysia  Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM) – Full Member (Approved April 2012)

Singapore  Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV) – Full Member (Approved May 2014)

China  Regulated Cost Technicians in Mainland China (Approved April/Dec 2011)

Thailand  Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT) – Full Member of EIT with at least one year’s relevant experience
post membership of EIT, and approved by the RICS Thailand Board (Approved April 2011)

Australia  Australian Institute of Building (AIB) – Full Member (the designation MAIB) (Approved March 2011)

 Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS) – Affiliate or Associate Member (Approved Nov 2010 and
Oct 2011 respectively) (Note: this direct entry arrangement applies only to applicants who qualified in
Australia)

New Zealand  New Zealand Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NZIQS) – Full Member (Approved Jan 2011)

Canada  Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (CIQS) – Full Member with the designation CEC/ECC or PQS/ECA
(Approved Dec 2009)

United States  American Institute of Constructors (AIC) – Professional Constructor (Approved July 2011)

Jamaica  Jamaican Institute of Quantity Surveyors – Associate member (Approved June 2016)

Trinidad and  Institute of Surveyors of Trinidad and Tobago (ISTT) – Full Member (Approved June 2016)
Tobago
Real Estate UK  NFoPP Level 4 Certificate in Residential Letting & Property Management. Must have a minimum of four
Agency years’ relevant experience. (Approved Dec 2012)

 NFoPP Diploma in Residential Estate Agency (DipREA) or Diploma in Residential Letting and Management
(DipRLM) at Level 5 on the UK National Qualifications Framework (Approved Feb 2012)

 BTEC Level 4 Professional Diploma in Residential Letting and Management with two years’ relevant work
experience. (Approved July 2012)

Malaysia  The Board of Valuers, Appraisers and Estate Agents Malaysia (BOVAE) – Licence Holder (Approved Oct
2011)

Hong Kong  Hong Kong Estate Agents Authority (EAA) – Licensed Estate Agents of EAA with a relevant degree, a
 minimum of two years’ relevant experience, and a clean disciplinary record. (this does not apply to
Salespersons of EAA) (Approved April 2012)

Japan  Japanese Association of Real Estate Appraisals (JAREA) – JAREA Licensed Real Estate Appraiser (LREA)
(Approved April 2012)

 Japanese Association of Real Estate Counselor (JAREC) – JAREC Certified Real Estate Counselor (CREC)
(Approved April 2012)

Australia  Real Estate Institute of New South Wales (REINSW) – Real Estate Licence holders of REINSW with two
years' commercial property experience post-qualification. (Please note: direct entry does not apply to
Certificate holders of REINSW (Approved April 2012)

New Zealand  Real Estate Agents Authority of New Zealand (REAA) – All Licence holders with four years’ commercial
experience (résumé check by RICS staff to confirm the ongoing and continued practice of real estate during
the experience period). Must also complete the RICS Oceania Leasing course (unless the candidate has an
Agents’ Licence issued after 2008) (Approved April 2013)

United States  Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) – Full Member (Approved July 2011)

Residential UK  Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) – Chartered Member (the designation CIHCM) (Approved July 2011)
Property
Management  Institute of Residential Property Management (IRPM) – Full Member (the designation MIRPM) (Approved
July 2011)

Australia  Australian Property Institute (API) – Provisional Member (PMAPI) with the ‘Residential Property Valuer’
designation and at least two years’ relevant experience (gained before or after gaining the RPV designation)
(Approved Oct 2011)

New Zealand  Property Institute of New Zealand (PINZ) – Full / Senior / Fellow Member (Approved Oct 2011)

 Valuers’ Registration Board of New Zealand (VRBNZ) – Registered Valuer (Approved Oct 2011)

Residential UK  Surveyors and Valuers Association (SAVA) / National Energy Services (NES) Diploma in Residential
Survey & Surveying & Valuation – Diploma holders with two years’ relevant experience (Approved Dec 2013)
Valuation

Valuation UK  Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation (IRRV) Level 4 Technician Scheme (Approved Feb 2012)

 NVQ Level 4 Diploma Valuation (Approved Nov 2012)

  HM Revenues & Customs: Shares and Assets Valuation Training Course (the course lasting 18-24 months)
(Approved March 2013)

Romania  Asociatia Nationala a Evaluatorilor din Romania (ANEVAR) – Full Member (Approved April 2012)

Sweden  ASPECT – Certified Valuer (SFF) (Approved April 2012)

South Africa  South African Council for the Property Valuers Profession (SACPVP) – Registered Associated Valuer
(without restrictions) (Approved May 2015)

Ghana  Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) – Full Member (Approved Oct 2013)

Philippines  Institute of Philippines Real Estate Appraisers (IPREA) – Full Member with the IPREA’s Real Estate
Consultant designation (Approved May 2015)

Indonesia  Masyarakat Profesi Penilai Indonesia (MAPPI) – Certified Member (Approved May 2015)

Malaysia  Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (RISM) – Full Member (Approved April 2012)

Singapore  Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV) – Full Member (Approved May 2014)

Australia  Australian Property Institute (API) – Provisional Member (PMAPI) with the ‘Residential Property Valuer’
designation and at least two years’ relevant experience (gained before or after gaining the RPV designation)
(Approved Oct 2011)

Canada  Appraisal Institute of Canada / Instiut Canadien des Evaluateurs (AIC) – Full Member (Approved April 2012)

 Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators (CICBV) – Chartered Business Valuer (CBV) (Approved
April 2012)

United States  American Society of Appraisers (ASA) – Full Member (Approved April 2012)

 The Appraisal Institute (AI) – Full Member (Approved April 2012)

Trinidad and  Institute of Surveyors of Trinidad and Tobago (ISTT) – Full Member (Approved June 2016)
Tobago