Statement on NAAB Accredited Degrees
The University of Pennsylvania’s Master of Architecture (3 year program) is accredited by the NAAB. The following statement is included in the catalog, pursuant to the requirement of the NAAB:
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.
The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design Department of Architecture offers the following NAAB accredited degree programs:
[Masters of Architecture any discipline; and typically 124 undergraduate credit hours + plus 84 graduate semester credit hours]
NAAB Conditions and Procedures
For more information on the Conditions and Procedures for NAAB accreditation please see the following links:
2014 Conditions for Accreditation
2015 Procedures for Accreditation
Conditions for Accreditation, 2020 Edition
Procedures for Accreditation, 2020 Edition
Accreditation Reports and Related Documents
2016 Architecture Program Report
2016 Visiting Team Report 2016
2016 Decision Letter from NAAB
2019 Response to Interim Progress Report
2022 Response to Interim Progress Report
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