Assessment dates and process

We are introducing some improvements to the Assessment Platform to help guide Candidates and Counsellors at the submission stage.

 From 17 January 2025 the diary and logbook section have been moved to the home page of the Assessment Platform to be more accessible, this now has improved tracking functionality so candidates can see how many days they have left to meet the minimum requirement.  

From 1 February 2025 the Employment History section will be moved to the home page tracker, all candidates are required to provide all relevant employment history I order to submit for assessment.

When the assessment submission window is open, eligible candidates will see a banner that shows their application status as a reminder of their status during this important time.

  • Assessment application has not been started
  • Assessment application in progress
  • Submitted for Assessment

Candidates will be asked to add their word count into the summary of experience upload page on the Assessment Platform. This page will also display which competencies that have been selected for candidates to check and confirm that the competencies in their Summary of Experience match those selected on the platform.

Candidates will be asked to add the word count and date of the project used in their case study into the Assessment Platform.

If the word count entered for either the Summary of Experience or case studies exceeds the maximum requirement then the candidate will not be able to proceed.

This will be displayed on the home page along with other key information such as pathway and counsellor

Counsellors will see the date their candidates’ last submitted for assessment and at any point during the candidates journey to assessment counsellor will now be able to review the candidate diary and log book entries.  to help monitor candidates progress.

The following dates are for candidates in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan.

Preliminary review

We run four preliminary review sessions each year.

Submission dates

19 – 26 August 2024

04 – 11 November 2024

17 – 24 February 2025

12 – 19 May 2025

18 – 25 August 2025

03 – 10 November 2025

*We aim to provide you with a result within 6 weeks of receiving your submission, but we cannot guarantee this. If your result is to be delayed, you will be notified accordingly.

 

Chartered assessment

There are four submission windows every year to be accepted for final assessment.

Submission dates

Assessment dates

15 – 22 July 2024

17 – 22 October 2024

21 – 28 October 2024

16 – 21 January 2025

20 – 27 January 2025

10 – 15 April 2025

21 – 28 April 2025

10 – 15 July 2025

21 – 28 July 2025

16 – 21 October 2025

20 – 27 October 2025

16 – 21 January 2026

*We aim to ensure that all eligible candidates are assessed within the above timeframes. However, our ability to deliver assessments in a timely manner is driven exclusively by assessor availability. There may be, from time to time, situations where you will not be interviewed during these specific windows and we ask for your flexibility in being interviewed later.

 

Associate Assessment

We run four associate assessment sessions each year.

Submission dates

Assessment dates

15 – 22 July 2024

October 2024

21 – 28 October 2024

January 2025

20 – 27 January 2025

April 2025

21 – 28 April 2025

July 2025

21 – 28 July 2025

October 2025

20 – 27 October 2025

January 2026

*We aim to provide you with a result within 6 weeks of receiving your submission, but we cannot guarantee this. If your result is to be delayed, you will be notified accordingly.

Candidates who are referred have the right to appeal.

You cannot appeal simply because you disagree with the assessors’ decision about your competence. The appeal panel does not question the merits of the assessors’ decision. It looks at the way the final assessment was conducted, and will allow the appeal only if, on the balance of probabilities, there was fault in the process.

It does not reach any conclusion about the candidate’s competence to practise: it considers only administrative or procedural matters.

Appeal panel

Appeals are considered by an RICS appeal panel of three chartered surveyors who have no connection with you or your employer, and no previous knowledge of your final assessment interview.

The appeal panel has no powers to admit a candidate to RICS membership: if an appeal is approved, the original final assessment interview is disregarded and you will be given a fresh interview.

 

 

How to appeal                                                 

You have 21 days in which to appeal. This is taken from the date on which your referral report is issued.

  • Complete the APC candidate appeal form (download it from this page) and submit the required appeal fee (no third party may appeal on your behalf).
  • Detail, in no more than 1,000 words, the reasons for the appeal. No further supporting documentation is permitted and no representations may be submitted by another party who was not present at the interview (e.g. supervisor, counsellor, employer)
  • Send to RICS within 21 days of the date your referral report was issued.

The process takes approximately seven weeks following receipt of your appeal.