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Membership
If you intend to apply for IAVI membership you must satisfy one of the following conditions:
• Have successfully completed an IAVI recognised Property Degree course and have approved practical experience.
• Have successfully completed the IAVI/DIT BSc(Hons) in Property Studies and have approved practical experience.
• Hold a professional qualification recognised by the IAVI and have appropriate experience.

Associate membership
This is available to graduates of the IAVI/DIT Higher Certificate in Property Studies course who have appropriate experience.

Student membership
Students on IAVI accredited courses automatically become eligible for student membership of the IAVI. Students on all courses other than the IAVI/DIT BSc(Hons) in Property Studies and the IAVI/DIT Higher Certificate in Property Studies course need to apply individually for this. Student members receive free copies of the IAVI quarterly publication, ‘the Property Valuer’ and are notified of other IAVI activities.. Student membership is free.

Services and facilities for IAVI members

The IAVI provides a wide range of services and facilities which are designed to help property professionals.

They include:
• Access to international contacts via the IAVI’s membership of the leading international property and valuation bodies.
• An annual Yearbook and diary which contains useful property information.
• An Auction and Conference Room which can be hired at competitive rates.*
• A Benevolent Fund
• A Collective Bond Scheme*
• A Collective Licensing Scheme in the major cities.*
• A Compensation Fund with collective cover of c€2m.*
• A Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Programme. All members (except students) must complete 60 hours CPD in any three year cycle.
• Employment networking.
• Internet site
• General Advice on property difficulties
• Competitive Professional Indemnity Insurance.*
• Group VHI scheme.
• Law Agent’s advice.
• Lobbying Government and other bodies on behalf of the profession. The IAVI has, for many decades, been a nominating body for Seanad elections
• An Annual National Conference
• A Practice Handbook covering all aspects of property practice.
• The ‘Property Valuer’ , quarterly professional publication of the IAVI.
• A bi-monthly ezine entitled "Property Bytes"
• Regional activities which offer networking opportunities.
*Services marked with an asterisk are only available to Member Firms

Free Careers Register

The IAVI provides a free careers register for graduates of approved courses and will try, where possible to help secure positions for them.

Q: What courses do the IAVI run?

Q: Are they full-time or part-time?

Q: When are they held?

Q: Where are they held?

Q: Are the courses held anywhere else?

Q: Are there any special entry requirements?

Q: What are the academic requirements for entry?

Q: Is there a requirement for a particular number of CAO points for entry to the courses?

Q: What qualifications do the IAVI courses give you?

Q: What courses that are NOT run by the IAVI provide the academic qualifications to be considered for IAVI membership?

Q: Are exemptions from any years or modules on the IAVI/DIT BSc (Hons) in Property Studies available?

Q: What courses do the IAVI run?

A: The IAVI organise two courses. A two year Higher Certificate in Property Studies course and a four year BSc Honours degree in property studies.

Q: Are they full-time or part-time?

A: They are both part-time courses

Q: When are they held?

A: They are held on fourteen Saturdays during the academic year from October to May, normally every second Saturday during term-time.

Q: Where are they held?

A: The courses are both held on the same days at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Bolton Street.

Q: Are the courses held anywhere else?

A: No, they are only held in Dublin.

Q: Are there any special entry requirements?

A: Yes, participants on both courses must be working full-time in property related employment for the duration of the course. This is because both courses have an element of ‘work based learning’, which is assessed by means of a weekly log book, an annual report and work place visits by an assessor.

Q: What are the academic requirements for entry?

A: These are set out in the prospectus which is also on the website under Educational Courses.

Q: Is there a requirement for a particular number of CAO points for entry to the courses?

A: No, but see the prospectus for the detailed requirements

Q: What qualifications do the IAVI courses give you?

A: Graduates of the BSc(Hons) in property studies have a degree which is awarded by the Dublin Institute of Technology and which is internationally recognised and which can provide the basis for further study, eg at Masters level.
Graduates of the Higher Certificate in Property Studies have the qualification which allows them to apply for Associate Membership of the IAVI.

Q: What courses that are NOT run by the IAVI provide the academic qualifications to be considered for IAVI membership?

A: In Ireland, graduates of five courses are considered to have attained the academic qualification necessary to be considered for membership. These courses are: (i) the Ordinary BSc Degree in Auctioneering, Valuation and Estate Agency at the Dublin Institute of Technology, (DIT), Bolton Street; (ii) the Honours BSc degree in Property Economics from DIT Bolton Street, (iii) the Honours BSc degree in Real Estate from Limerick Institute of Technology; (iv)the Honours BSc degree in Property Studies from the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and (v) the Honours BSc degree in Property Investment and Development from the University of Ulster at Jordanstown.

Q: Are exemptions from any years or modules on the IAVI/DIT BSc (Hons) in Property Studies available?

A: Exemptions are only discussed AFTER Registration in the majority of cases, even if the applicant already has a degree. The only certain exemptions are (i) graduates of the Ballsbridge College of Further Education course in Estate Agency Administration are exempt from the Agency Practice module of the Residential and Land Agency Course; (ii) students who leave the DIT Bolton Street degrees, (see 10 above) after two years may enter Year 2 of the IAVI/DIT BSc(Hons) in Property Studies (provided that they are working full time in property related employment); (iii) students who obtain a Merit or Distinction in the DIT BSc in Auctioneering, Valuation and Estate Agency may enter Year 4 of the IAVI/DIT BSc (Hons) in property studies, (provided they are working full-time in property related employment); students who graduate from the same course but have not achieved a Merit or Distinction may enter Year 3 of the IAVI/DIT BSc(Hons) in Property Studies. The same applies to students from Galway-Mayo and Limerick Institutes of Technology. Advanced entry to students from other property courses may be available after discussion but is on a case by case basis.

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