RICS – Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

RICS is the global professional body for surveying and the built environment. We support high professional standards and help shape places, spaces and communities that make a real difference to everyday life.

Surveying is a diverse and rewarding career path with opportunities across land, property and construction, and it plays an important role in shaping the places and communities around us.

At RICS, we are committed to helping the next generation discover the opportunities the profession can offer. Through guidance, events and career-focused content, we aim to make surveying more accessible and inspiring for students.

It is not just about buildings and land, the profession includes many different specialisms and career routes, with RICS supporting students and future surveyors through resources, work experience and early engagement activities.

Why join us? 

Because surveying is a career with real purpose, variety and progression. If you are curious, practical and interested in how places are planned, built and managed, RICS can help you explore a path that matches your skills and interests.

Surveying offers a wide range of career paths, from land and property to construction, valuation and sustainability. If you are interested in solving problems, working with data, and helping shape the places people live and work in,

surveying could be a great career choice.

Did you know?

There are more than 1,200 RICS-accredited courses, plus apprenticeship and experience-based routes into the profession, so there are multiple ways to get started.

RICS also runs early engagement activity, including workshops and work experience-style opportunities, to help students understand the profession and meet people already working in it.