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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.

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.

The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, School of Architecture, offers the following NAAB-accredited degree programs:

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)