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STATEMENT ON NAAB-ACCREDITED DEGREES

In the United States, most registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit professional degree programs in architecture offered by institutions with U.S. regional accreditation, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture, and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted an eight-year, three-year, or two-year term of accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established educational standards.
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Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may require a pre-professional undergraduate degree in architecture for admission. However, the preprofessional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.
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The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, School of Architecture, offers the following NAAB-accredited degree programs:
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    B.ARCH (181 undergraduate credits)

   Last accreditation visit: 2018 

   Next accreditation visit: 2026

 

 

VISITING TEAM REPORTS (VTR)

NAAB 2011 Visiting Team Report for Initial Candidacy  (VTR-IC)

NAAB 2013 Visiting Team Report for Continued Candidacy  (VTR-CC)

NAAB 2015 Visiting Team Report for Initial Accreditation  (VTR-IA)

 

PCUPR ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM REPORTS (APR) 

NAAB 2009 Plan for Acheiving Initial Accreditation (PAIA)

NAAB 2011 Architecture Program Report  (APR-IC)

NAAB 2013 Architecture Program Report (APR-CC)

NAAB 2015 Architecture Program Report for Initial Accreditation (APR-IA)

                                 

PCUPR ANNUAL REPORT SUBMISSION (ARS) 

2015 PCUPR ARS

2016 PCUPR ARS

                                     

NAAB CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES

2014 NAAB Conditions for Accreditiation

2015 NAAB Procedures for Accreditation

 

OTHER RESOURCES

AIAS Toward an Evolution of Studio Culture 2008

NCARB 2013 Education Report

NCARB 2015 IDP Guidelines

NCARB  By The Numbers  

NCARB ARE 4.0 Pass Rates

NCARB ARE 5.0 Pass Rates

                                 

CAREER DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION

National Architecture Accrediting Board

ARCHCareers.org

National Council of Architecture Registration Boards

American Institute of Architects

American Institute of Architecture Students

Association of Collegiate School's of Architecture

Emerging Professionals Companion

Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de Puerto Rico 

Junta Examinadora de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de Puerto Rico 

 

 

 

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