Fellowship characteristics

Read the applicant guide for details on what evidence you need to provide with your application.

Characteristic Reason

Five years or more at MRICS Demonstrates experience

Achieved the equivalent of Fellowship in another relevant

professional body since becoming MRICS [must be

awarded for achievement, and must be a body with

similarly rigorous entry criteria to those of RICS]

Demonstrates status already achieved in a

relevant professional capacity

Membership of any RICS accreditation scheme [this refers to accreditation, not registration schemes required by law or RICS Regulation]

Demonstrates expertise, additional competence in specialist areas

RICS regional or national award for professional achievement, or other similar award from another professional surveying-related body (awarded individually rather than to the applicant’s firm)

Demonstrates personal achievement

Undertaken technical authorship on relevant subjects – for example RICS practice standards – since becoming MRICS

Demonstrates technical expertise

Achieved a senior management position since becoming MRICS, with significant responsibility for leadership, managing people or managing resources

Demonstrates professional achievement

Developed innovative surveying techniques/technologies/ business practices in a relevant field since becoming MRICS

Demonstrates applicant and RICS are advancing standards and practice

Achieved a relevant higher academic qualification since becoming MRICS

Demonstrates commitment to continuing study

Taught for five years or more on a relevant degree since becoming MRICS

Raising the academic standards of the profession

Published a relevant research paper in a refereed journal, or any commercial publication on a surveying-related subject, since becoming MRICS

Advancing standards; depth of knowledge

Appointed to a government or judicial appointment in a relevant capacity since becoming MRICS

Links RICS with high public office

Achieved recognition as an RICS authority on relevant issues, through significant exposure in the media

Raises RICS profile and brand recognition

Led a high profile project of national, regional or local significance since becoming MRICS

Raises RICS profile by associating brand with major projects

Involved, in a leadership role, in a relevant government initiative since becoming MRICS

Enhances perception of RICS as influencer

Undertaken relevant international work in developing countries or disaster relief since becoming MRICS

Demonstrates contribution of surveying to the general good

Significant work in a relevant capacity on sustainability, affordable housing, social housing, or natural resources since becoming MRICS

Corporate social responsibility in key RICS areas

Self-evidently of exceptional standing and experience as a surveyor and/or whose promotion to Fellow would promote the objectives of RICS

A broad category, ensuring that the list allows for unforeseen circumstances