The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is one of the most respected and high profile global 'standards and membership' organisations for professionals involved in land, valuation, property, construction and environmental issues.

RICS has:

• 135 years of representing property professionalism 
• 120 000 members across 120 countries worldwide
• 400 degree level courses approved worldwide
• 500 research and policy papers published a year
• 50 national associations, linked groups and societies
• 160 diverse 'specialisms' represented across 16 'faculties'

 Accountable to both members and the public, RICS has four main roles:

• Promoting the diverse knowledge of the profession
• Maintaining the highest educational and professional standards
• Protecting consumers through strict codes of practice
•  Providing impartial advice, analysis and guidance

The property market plays a key role in the global economy, comprising, in some countries, as much as 20% of the Gross National Product. With a resource this vital, businesses, governments and society need advice they can trust, and chartered surveyors are the professionals they look toward. 

RICS members' services are diverse. Not only are members experts in all matters relating to property and construction, but they can also offer strategic advice on the economics, valuation, law, technology, finance and management of all the world's physical assets: from the construction of major public buildings to surveying the sea bed, from managing large property portfolios to auctioning antiques and much more.