At its January 31 – February 1, 2020 meeting the NAAB Board of Directors approved the 2020 Conditions for Accreditation and Procedures for Accreditation , effective January 1, 2020. Programs hosting visits in 2021 have the option of selecting the 2014 Conditions and 2015 Procedures or the 2020 Conditions and Procedures . Programs hosting a site visit in 2022 and beyond will be required to use the 2020 Conditions and Procedures .

NAAB will be hosting training events on the new Conditions and Procedures starting in March with the schools who have elected to use the 2020 Conditions and Procedures . Stay tuned for further announcements in upcoming newsletters!



To review the 2020 Conditions and Procedures click HERE .

The NAAB is organizing its 2-year and 5-year Interim Progress Reports (IPR) review panels to evaluate reports submitted in 2019. Each panel is composed of a board member, past board member, and two experienced team chairs. The board will consider the panels’ recommendations and make a final decision on each IPR in April.

Signed in 2008, the Canberra Accord on Architectural Education is a multilateral agreement among nine organizations with established systems for the accreditation of architecture education programs. It is intended to facilitate the international mobility of graduates in architecture and the portability of education credentials among signatories, and contribute to improving architecture education through benchmarking. The NAAB, a founder-signatory of the Accord, has served as its secretariat since 2010.

George Henderson, the first chair of the Accord, recently attended meetings of the UIA Education Commission (EDUCOM) and the UNESCO-UIA Validation Council for Architectural Education (VCAE) on behalf of the Accord and provided this report on some of the front-line issues in global architecture education.

Visit www.canberraaccord.org for more information.