Qualifications approved for direct entry to MRICS as of October 2016

The qualifications listed below are approved for direct entry to MRICS, subject to the conditions outlined in the table.
All applicants must;

have current CPD records in line with RICS requirements and may be asked to provide a detailed CV setting out relevant experience
have one proposer who is MRICS or FRICS
successfully complete the RICS online ethics module
provide a letter from the professional body confirming membership is up to date and there are no regulatory matters ongoing or sanctions
awarded against the applicant

RICS reserves the right to decline direct entry. In such cases, applicants will be required to undertake the most appropriate RICS assessment.
Applicants with a qualification giving direct entry to MRICS, but who do not yet meet any additional conditions relating to experience or academic
qualifications, may be eligible for direct entry to AssocRICS.
RICS recognises each qualification giving direct entry to MRICS as equivalent to an RICS-accredited degree, meeting the academic/professional body
requirement for the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) and Senior Professional Assessment (SPA).

Country

UK

Professional Body /
Qualification

Conditions

Chartered Alternative
Designation

Institute of Chartered Foresters

(ICF)

Professional Member (MICFor)

Relevant undergraduate degree
10 years relevant experience post-Professional membership

Chartered Forestry
Surveyor

Chartered Institution of Civil

Engineering Surveyors (ICES)

Member (MCInstCES)
Relevant undergraduate degree
Five years relevant experience post-membership

Chartered Quantity
Surveyor
Chartered Construction
Surveyor
Chartered Land
Surveyor

Note: MCInstCES with no academic qualifications are eligible for direct

entry with 10 years relevant experience post-membership

(Dependant on specialism
within ICES)
France

L'ordre des Gomtres-Experts

Chartered Land
Surveyor

Registration as an expert land surveyor with the L'ordre des gomtresexperts (The Order of Land Surveyor-Experts)
Five years relevant experience post-registration

Germany

OPA Oberprfungsamt des

Bundes Vermessungsassessor
(2. Staatsexamen)

Successful completion of the 2nd German State Examination

Chartered Land
Surveyor

Romania

Asociatia Nationala a Evaluatorilor

din Romania (ANEVAR)

Member at the accredited grade membru acreditat (MAA)

10 years relevant experience

Chartered Valuation
Surveyor
Chartered Commercial
Property Surveyor

Sweden

ASPECT

Certified Valuer (SFF)

Five years relevant experience post-SFF

Chartered Valuation
Surveyor

Ghana

Ghana Institution of Surveyors

(GhIS)

Professional Member
Five years relevant experience post-Professional membership

Chartered Land
Surveyor
Chartered Quantity
Surveyor

Chartered Valuation
Surveyor

(Depending on specialism
within GhIS)
Kenya

Institute of Quantity Surveyors of

Kenya (IQSK)

Full Member
Five years relevant experience post-full membership of IQSK

Chartered Quantity
Surveyor

South
Africa

South African Geomatics

Profession Council (PLATO)

Professional Surveyor

Chartered Land
Surveyor
Chartered Hydrographic
Surveyor

(Depending on specialism
within PLATO)
South African Council for Project
and Construction Management
Professions (SACPCMP)

Professional Registration with SACPCMP (the designation Pr. CPM or Pr.

CM or Pr. CMentor) plus

A degree of 480 credits OR

Professional Registration with another council in South Africa

Alternatively, applicants with five years relevant experience postSACPCMP Professional Registration are eligible to undertake RICS
Assessment of Professional Competence w/ preliminary review

Japan

Chartered Construction
Surveyor
Chartered Project
Management Surveyor

(Depending on specialism
within SACPCMP)

South African Council for the

Property Valuers Profession
(SACPVP)

Registered Professional Valuer (RPV)

10 years relevant experience post-RPV

Chartered Valuation
Surveyor

South African Council for the

Quantity Surveying Profession
(SACQSP)

Professional Quantity Surveyor (PrQS)

Chartered Quantity
Surveyor

Association of Real Estate

Securitization (ARES)

Holders of the ARES Certified Masters qualification (ACM)

Undergraduate degree
10 years relevant experience

Building Surveyors Institute of

Japan (BSIJ)

Member with the Qualified Building Cost Manager qualification

Chartered Quantity
Surveyor

Construction Management
Association of Japan (CMAJ)

Member
Undergraduate degree
Five years relevant experience or 10 years relevant experience if no
degree

Chartered Construction
Surveyor

Japanese Association of Real

Estate Appraisal (JAREA)

Licensed Real Estate Appraiser (LREA)

10 years relevant experience

Chartered Valuation
Surveyor

Japanese Association of Real

Estate Counselor (JAREC)

Certified Real Estate Counselor (CREC)

10 years relevant experience

Chartered Valuation
Surveyor

China

China Land Society Science

Society (CLSS)

Full Member
Five years relevant experience post-membership

Chartered Land
Surveyor

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Institute of Housing

(HKIH)

Member
10 years relevant experience post-membership

Chartered Facilities
Management Surveyor

Hong Kong Institution of

Engineering Surveyors (HKIES)

Relevant undergraduate degree

Five years relevant experience post-membership

Chartered Land
Surveyor

Chartered Building
Surveyor
Chartered Land
Surveyor
Chartered Valuation
Surveyor
Chartered Quantity
Surveyor

Note: Members with no academic qualifications are eligible for direct entry
with 10 years relevant experience post-membership
Malaysia

Royal Institution of Surveyors

Malaysia (RISM)

Member
10 years relevant experience post membership

Note: if the applicant has less than 10 years relevant experience they are
eligible for direct entry if they have an RICS-accredited degree and
obtained RISM membership by means of taking the TPC examination
conducted by RISM or the relevant statutory board

(Dependant on specialism

within RISM)
Philippines

Institute of Philippines Real Estate

Appraisers (IPREA)

Full Member
IPREAs Real Estate Consultant designation
Five years relevant experience post-designation

Chartered Valuation
Surveyor

Singapore

Singapore Institute of Surveyors

and Valuers (SISV)

Full Member
10 years relevant experience post-membership

Chartered Land
Surveyor
Chartered Quantity
Surveyor
Chartered Valuation
Surveyor

(Dependant on specialism
within SISV)
Brazil

Instituo Brasileiro de Avaliacoes e

Pericias de Engenharia (IBAPE)

Full Member
IBAPEs Professional Certification at the AAA grade

Chartered Valuation
Surveyor

Americas

Appraisal Institute of
Canada/Institut Canadien des
Evaluateurs (AIC)

Fully accredited member at the senior grade AACI

Five years relevant experience post-AACI

Chartered Valuation
Surveyor

Association of Canada Lands

Surveyors (ACLS)

Canada Lands Surveyor designation

Five years relevant experience post-designation

Chartered Land
Surveyor

Canadian Institute of Chartered

Business Valuators (CICBV)

Chartered Valuation
Surveyor

Chartered Business Valuers (CBV, also known as experts en

evaluation denterprises) of CICBV
Undergraduate degree
Five years relevant experience post-CBV

Canadian Institution of Quantity

Surveyors (CIQS)

Member with the designation PQS / ECA.

Five years relevant experience post-PQS / ECA

Chartered Quantity
Surveyor

American Institute of Certified

Public Accountants (AICPA)

Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) credential

Five years relevant experience post-ABV

Chartered Valuation
Surveyor

American Society of Appraisers

(ASA)

Five years relevant experience post-Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA)

or Fellow Accredited Senior Appraiser (FASA)

American Society of Farm

Managers and Rural Appraisers
(ASFMRA)

The Appraisal Foundation

Chartered Valuation
Surveyor (Primary)
Chartered Machinery
Valuation
Chartered Arts and
Antiques Surveyor

Member for a minimum of 10 years, of which five years must be since

qualifying for the professional credentials Accredited Farm Manager
(AFM), Accredited Rural Appraiser (ARA), Accredited Real Property
Appraiser (ARPA) or Accredited Agricultural Consultant (AAC)

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) or a Certified General Real Property Appraiser (CGRPA)
Undergraduate degree
10 years relevant experience of which five years must be postcertification if at the CRRPA grade

Chartered Valuation
Surveyor

Chartered Valuation
Surveyor (Primary)
Chartered
Environmental Surveyor

The Appraisal Institute (AI)

Member at the senior grade MAI

10 years relevant experience

Chartered Valuation
Surveyor

CCIM Institute

CCIMs Certified Commercial Investment Member designation

10 years relevant experience

Chartered Commercial
Property Surveyor

Chartered Financial Analyst

Institute (CFAI)

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) credential

Five years relevant experience post-CFA

Chartered Valuation
Surveyor

Counsellors of Real Estate (CRE)

Member with the designation Counsellor of Real Estate is eligible for

direct entry to FRICS

Chartered Management
Consultancy Surveyor
(Primary)
Chartered Commercial
Property Surveyor
Chartered Facilities
Management Surveyor

Australia

Australian Property Institute (API)

Australian Institute of Quantity

Surveyors (AIQS)

Chartered Valuation
Surveyor
Chartered Valuation
Surveyor
Chartered Commercial
Property Surveyor

Associate Member w/ Certified Professional Valuer (CPV) credential

Five years relevant experience post-membership

Associate Member or Member

Five years relevant experience post-membership

Chartered Quantity
Surveyor

Holders of any of the following SSSI certifications:

Certified Spatial Practitioner

Hydrographic Surveyor to Level 1
Land Surveying
Engineering and Mining

Certified Spatial
Practitioner - No CAD
Hydrographic
Certification (to Level 1)
- Chartered
Hydrographic Surveyor
Land Surveying
Certification - Chartered
Land Surveyor
Engineering and Mining
Certification - Chartered
Engineering 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
pre-requisite requirements. Existing Associate members can elect to retain
the Associate title or transfer to the Member title
Note: this direct entry arrangement applies only to applicants who qualified
in Australia
Surveying and Spatial Science
Institute (SSSI)

Must have had certification for 10 years (this period can include full
membership of the Institution of Surveyors and / or any organisation
which have merged with SSSI).

Note: The SSI merged with the Institute of Surveyors Australia (ISA) to form
the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI)

New
Zealand

Licensed/Registered Land
Surveyors

Must be registered for at least five years in Australia

Chartered Land
Surveyor

New Zealand Institute of

Surveyors (NZIS)

Member
10 years relevant experience post-membership

Chartered Land
Surveyor

Relevant undergraduate degree

Chartered Hydrographic
Surveyor
Chartered Engineering
Surveyor

(Dependant on specialism
within NZIS)
New Zealand Institute of Quantity
Surveyors (NZIQS)

Member with the title Registered Surveyor

10 years relevant experience post-membership
Relevant undergraduate degree

Chartered Quantity
Surveyor

Chartered Valuation
Surveyor
Chartered Commercial
Property Surveyor

Note: Direct entry also open to Fellows of NZIQS with a relevant

undergraduate degree

Other

Property Institute of New Zealand

(PINZ)

Full Member, Senior Member or Fellow Member

Five years relevant experience post-membership (can include time with
a predecessor body)

Licensed/Registered Land
Surveyors

Must be registered for at least five years in New Zealand

International Hydrographic
Organisations (IHO) Category A
Hydrographic Surveyor

Chartered Land
Surveyor