Surveyors' Institution
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| Formation | 1868 |
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| Type | Professional body |
| Headquarters | 12 Great George Street, Parliament Square, London SW1P 3AD |
| Coordinates | 51°30′3″N 0°7′41″W / 51.50083°N 0.12806°WCoordinates: 51°30′3″N 0°7′41″W / 51.50083°N 0.12806°W |
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Region served
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Worldwide |
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Membership
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125,000 (2018) |
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Chief Executive Officer
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Sean Tompkins |
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President (2017-18)
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John Hughes |
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Staff
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c. 900 |
| Website | www |
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is a professional body that accredits professionals within the land, property, construction, and infrastructure sectors worldwide.
Professionals holding RICS qualifications may use the following designations after their name: MRICS (Member), FRICS (Fellow), AssocRICS (Associate). Those with the designation MRICS or FRICS are also known as chartered surveyors.
RICS was founded in London as the Institution of Surveyors after a meeting of 49 surveyors at the Westminster Palace Hotel on 15 June 1868. The inaugural president was John Clutton (who founded Cluttons, a property firm still in business today). The organisation has occupied headquarters on the corner of Great George Street and Parliament Square since then. It received a Royal charter as The Surveyors' Institution on 26 August 1881.
The Surveyors' Institution became the Chartered Surveyors' Institution in 1930. In 1946, George VI granted the title "Royal" and in 1947 the professional body became the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
In 2018, RICS celebrates its 150th anniversary. A wide-ranging programme of activities will run throughout the year. These will celebrate the depth and breadth of the surveying profession, highlight its value to society and recognise its significant contribution to the global economy.
RICS headquarters is in London with its main support functions in Birmingham. There are regional offices in the United Kingdom, across mainland Europe, in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, North America and Brazil.
In 2018, there are RICS-qualified professionals in nearly 150 countries. RICS accredits 125,000 qualified and trainee professionals worldwide. The majority of accredited individuals are still based in the United Kingdom with large numbers also in mainland Europe, Australia and Hong Kong. There is now a strong growth globally, particularly in China, India and the Americas.
RICS has close links with many national surveying institutions and is a founding member association of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG). Within RICS the primary areas of practice represented at FIG are geomatics (land and hydrographic survey), environment, planning, construction and valuation.
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