Accreditation

Statement on NAAB Accredited Degrees

The University of Pennsylvania’s Master of Architecture (3 year program) is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. The most recent accreditation visit occurred in September of 2024 and the University is awaiting the final accreditation report. 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:

[Master of Architecture any discipline; and typically 124 undergraduate credit hours + plus 116 graduate semester credit hours]