"In their report, the RIBA board commended the university’s architecture department for “creating a distinctive environment in which students learn from an international and Chinese context with an ambition to produce a new type of graduate, with an emphasis on human-centred architecture, for the emerging global context.” The RIBA also praised the program as an “alternative model for Chinese architecture education,” adding that the school’s aim of “challenging both Western and Chinese educational paradigms for architecture was an ambitious goal.”"

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Please see the following news reports for further information.

Archdaily:

http://www.archdaily.com/599617/xjtlu-becomes-first-chinese-architecture-course-with-unconditional-riba-accreditation/

Architects Journal:

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/riba-accredits-first-chinese-architecture-school/8678613.article