NATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL ACCREDITING BOARD (NAAB) STATEMENT
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 term, an eight-year term with conditions, or a two-year term of continuing accreditation, or a three-year term of initial accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established education standards. Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may require a non-accredited undergraduate degree in architecture for admission. However, the non-accredited degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.
NAAB-ACCREDITED DEGREE PROGRAMS AT THE UF SCHOOl OF ARCHITECTURE
- Master of Architecture Track I: 52 graduate semester credit hours, following undergraduate pre-professional degree with architecture major
- Master of Architecture Track II: 30 graduate semester credit hours, following undergraduate professional degree
- Master of Architecture Track III: 48 preparatory semester credits + 52 graduate semester credit hours, following undergraduate degree with non-architecture major
LICENSING, REGISTRATION, AND CERTIFICATION IN OTHER STATES
Master of Architecture (MArch): The University of Florida Master of Architecture (MArch) degree is accredited by the National Architectural Accreditation Board (NAAB). The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) accredits professional degrees in architecture offered by institutions accredited by a U.S. regional accrediting agency. All 55 U.S. registration boards accept the NAAB-accredited degree for registration; 38 of those boards require it. For more information, visit the NAAB website.
Bachelor of Design in Architecture (BDes): The Bachelor of Design in Architecture degree is a pre-professional degree program. As a stand-alone degree program, it does NOT meet the minimum requirement for licensure as an architect in the State of Florida. No determination has been made about the program’s curriculum meeting other state’s educational requirements for licensure or certification as an architect.
For more guidance on the process of becoming an architect, visit the following: NCARB Earn Your Architecture License, AIA Licensing Basics
For information on programs and services that support and facilitate career development for our students and alumni, visit the following: DCP Career Building
REQUIRED STATEMENTS REGARDING SOCIAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION
The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) requires accredited professional programs to develop policies regarding social equity and inclusion. The School of Architecture has developed such policies as a condition of professional accreditation. In all cases, the School follows the requirements of state law, university policy, and the regulations established by the Board of Governors regarding instruction, curriculum, admissions, and personnel.
The School of Architecture maintains policies regarding social equity and inclusion, as required by NAAB: Social Equity and Inclusion
The School of Architecture maintains policies regarding diversity goals related to admissions procedures, as required by NAAB: Admissions Procedures and Diversity Goals
DOCUMENTATION
Recent NAAB Reports:
Visiting Team Report, 31 January – 2 February 2022
NAAB Decision Letter, 28 November 2022
Architecture Program Report, 7 September 2021
All NAAB responses to any Plan to Correct and any NAAB responses to the Program Annual Reports since the last team visit: NAAB Response to Interim Progress Report, 19 April 2019
Interim Progress Report: University of Florida Interim Progress Report for Year Five, 30 November 2018
The final edition of the most recent Visiting Team Report, including attachments and addenda: Visiting Team Report, 31 January – 2 February 2022
The Architecture Program Report submitted for the last visit: University of Florida Architecture Program Report, 7 September 2021
The program’s optional response to the Visiting Team Report: None
Plan to Correct (if applicable): Not Applicable
NCARB ARE pass rates: ARE 5.0 Pass Rates by School
Statements and/or policies on learning and teaching culture: Studio Learning Culture
Access to NAAB Conditions and Procedures for Accreditation:
Conditions for Accreditation, 2020 Edition
Procedures for Accreditation, 2020 Edition
2012 Procedures for Accreditation
2009 Conditions for Accreditation