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Assessment dates - UK
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The below information outlines the assessment process for joining RICS in the UK. It provides details on the types of assessments, application procedures, and key deadlines. Additionally, it highlights resources and guidance for candidates pursuing RICS qualifications to advance their professional development.
Assessment dates and process
The candidate Support Team have various support and guidance tools to help you thought the submission process:
- Hit Submit webinars – a short live session where you can ask the team any of the question you have about your submission and the process of submitting for your final assessment. You can book a session here.
- Monthly 'Ask the Assessor' sessions – your chance to ask our panel of assessors anything regarding the final assessment submission and interview. Scroll through here to book onto one of these monthly sessions.
- Don’t forget to refresh yourself on how to use the Assessment Platform before you start to apply though the YouTube video that will walk you through the Assessment Platform process to ensure your submission is completed. You can access it here.
Contact us:
You can email us at candidatesupport@rics.org or call us on t +44 24 7686 8555.
Candidates will no longer be asked to confirm week preference dates within the Assessment Platform for their assessment interview. RICS will be allocating assessment panels solely against the assessor availability received, making sure candidates are assessed based on their regional location of Northern Ireland, Scotland, or England/Wales.
Please double-check that your submission is complete prior to hitting the ‘submit’ button in the Assessment Platform. Once submitted, the Platform will lock your submission and you will not be able to make any changes. The Assessment Platform will confirm your submission has been sent. The Assessment Delivery Team will then check your submission is complete and verify eligibility for assessment within ten working days of receipt.
Once you have submitted and you submission has been confirmed , if you wish to defer your assessment, you must inform RICS by email to UKIassessmentdelivery@rics.org It is your responsibility to confirm this to RICS in writing, we cannot accept notification from a third party or over the phone.
RICS grant a 14-day cooling off period from the date that you apply and submit for assessment within which you can defer without charge. If you defer after the 14-day cooling off period, a £275.00 deferral fee is payable when you next apply and submit for assessment.
While we do all that we can to avoid this, there are instances where assessments may need to be re-scheduled if assessors become unavailable. In the event this occurs the Assessment Delivery Team will contact you as soon possible to schedule a new date.
Some pathways require you to select a specialist area when you apply for final assessment. View the document for more information.
Pathways and their related specialisms (PDF 0.12MB)
Published date: 06 October 2021
You will be required to declare your chosen specialist area in Assessment Platform.
The assessment submission window dates will depend on your pathway, and this document will tell you which pathways sit under the Land and Property Grouping and which sit under the Built Environment Grouping.
Interview date and time
Assessments will normally be held on weekdays, and different to previous assessments, this will now include the full week, Monday - Friday. In circumstances of assessments being postponed, we will endeavour to re-schedule the assessments as soon as we can, and this might be offered on Saturday or early evening, as an option, but it should only be taken if the candidate is comfortable with this option.
Confirmation of your assessment interview date and time will be emailed to you a minimum of 2 weeks prior to your assessment.
Once your assessment date has been set, it will not be possible to change unless there are extenuating circumstances. Sometimes due to circumstances beyond RICS control, interview dates and times may change. If this happens you will be contacted by telephone from the UKI Assessment Delivery team and followed up in writing.
We aim to ensure any previously referred candidates see a new panel at their next assessment. Sometimes, due to the chosen specialist area, assessor availability or other conflicts of interest this is not possible and therefore a referred candidate may see one member of a previous panel at a subsequent assessment.
Assessors are trained to assess each candidate as if it was their first time based on the submission and performance of the current assessment. Candidates should not be alarmed if they see a panel member who has assessed them before on entering the assessment room.
If you have submitted your application for final assessment and wish to defer, you must inform the RICS Assessment Delivery team via email at ukiassessmentdelivery@rics.org. It is your responsibility to notify RICS if you wish to defer. RICS will not accept notification from a third party.
RICS will grant a 14-day cooling off period from the date you submit for assessment within which you can defer without charge, after this point a £275.00 deferral fee will be payable when you next apply.
Reasonable adjustments
If you require any reasonable adjustments for your assessment, please complete the relevant section while filling in your submission on the Assessment Platform. We have reviewed our reasonable adjustments process to ensure the assessment process is accessible to all candidates and suitable guidance will be provided to you. You can contact our relevant team confidentially at adjustments@rics.org for any queries relating to your adjustments.
Land and Property and Built Environment pathway assessments 2024
The Land and Property pathway assessments open week commencing 7 October 2024 and the Built Environment pathway assessments open week commencing 4 November 2024.
RICS expects to assess in the region of 1300 candidates for the session. If we experience a higher volume of candidates applying for assessment in this period, more reliance on our assessors will be required to make the necessary arrangements. This may result in the assessment period being extended. RICS will endeavour to have assessments for each pathway grouping undertaken during a 5-week period. Whilst it is normal for around 90% of assessments to be held successfully in this time frame, it is important to remember that circumstances beyond RICS control, can arise that result in assessments being postponed and re-arranged for a later date. Candidates are required to keep all dates free, and advisable not to book holidays until after their assessment has taken place.
Candidate questionnaire
A few days after your interview you will receive a questionnaire from RICS about your experience; RICS would appreciate you completing this as your feedback is important to us.
Receiving your result
Chartered assessment: The result will be sent via email within 5 working days after your interview.
If you have not received your result by 17:00 hours on the due date, then please do get in touch on apclandproperty@rics.org or apcbuiltenvironment@rics.org.
APC Preliminary Review: The results will be available approximately 8 weeks after the end of the application period, on the last working day of the month.
Associate assessment: The result will be available the last working day of the month after the submission date and display on your homepage of Assessment Platform.
If you have not received your result by 17.00 on the due date please contact RICS. RICS disregard bank holidays so you will not have to wait longer for your result if there is a bank holiday close to your assessment date.
RICS website
The successful candidates will have their names added to the Global Members Directory and a full pass list will be added to the Assessment Results within a few days of receiving your result.
Referral reports and award packs
Unsuccessful candidates will receive a referral report via email within 21 days from the date of their result.
Successful candidates will receive an Award Pack by post. This is ordered on the first day of the next month following receipt of the result and can take 6-8 weeks to be delivered.
Please note that successful candidates will be required to pay an upgrade fee and any increase in annual subscription* upon qualification and can be paid online at rics.org/renew. An email will also be sent alerting newly qualified members to this updated online invoice.
* For qualifications after October, the subscription invoice will cover the following year rather than the current year.
Candidates who are referred will be required to pay as resit fee of £275.00 for APC/SPA/SPE or £150.00 for Assoc for every additional assessment. This payment will be requested via Assessment Platform at the next application.
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.
RICS Appeals policy and form - UK (DOCX 0.19MB)
Published date: 03 April 2024
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.
When applying for your APC, SPA, Specialist or Academic assessment you are required to provide the details of three Chartered Surveyors – MRICS or FRICS who are willing to propose and recommend you from personal knowledge or careful enquiry to be elected to RICS should you be successful at interview.
Your Counsellor may act as your proposer or seconder, a minimum of one of the proposers/seconders must be from a different firm or organisation.
