You are looking to enrol onto the Specialist Assessment route to RICS Membership, the requirements are a minimum of 10+ years of relevant experience (5+ years if you have a postgraduate degree) and can demonstrate advanced responsibilities for delivering specialist services.

To complete your application onto the Specialist Assessment, you will need the following:

  • A copy of your qualification certificate, if applicable.
  • Specialist CV template, you can locate the template here.
  • Your 400-word statement should be prepared in advance and uploaded as part of your enrolment.
  • Your counsellor’s membership number or registered email address – click here for further details on the Counsellor role. If you don’t have these details you can notify us of your Counsellor up to 10 working days after your application to enrol.


This application will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.

After applying your application will progress through a vetting stage. If successful you will need to pay the enrolment fees to complete your application, details of the fees are available here.

The enrolment fee covers your candidate registration, professionalism module and final assessment.

Please note

  • 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 1 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.
  • If you are based in Ireland, you will need to gain your professional qualification through SCSI. Once you have obtained this qualification, you may be eligible to apply for RICS membership through the Direct Entry route.

All students and candidates registered with RICS are regulated members and are bound by RICS charter, Bye-laws, regulation, rules of conduct, standards and guidance.