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There are now 14 programs working with NCARB to offer licensure upon graduation

2015-11-13T13:33:00-05:00

NCARB announced last year that it would work with architecture schools to create a path to licensure upon graduation, and since then, it's approved 14 programs – the latest being at the University of Kansas. These programs are already NAAB-accredited and don't guarantee licensure upon graduation, but instead make it easier for enrolled students to complete IDP and ARE requirements while still in school, by adapting content to fulfill licensure requirements. This is part of NCARB's so-called Integrated Path Initiative.

As of now, NCARB's Licensure Task Force has accepted the following schools' plans to offer licensure upon graduation:

Boston Architectural College; Boston, Massachusetts
Clemson University; Clemson, South Carolina
Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lawrence Technological University; Southfield, Michigan
NewSchool of Architecture and Design; San Diego, California
North Carolina State University; Raleigh, North Carolina
Portland State University; Portland, Oregon
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Another step towards licensure upon graduation, as NCARB approves schools' plans

2015-08-11T18:13:00-04:00

NCARB’s “Integrated Path” initiative, which works with architecture schools to develop programming that fulfills licensure’s requirements by graduation, recently approved plans from over a dozen schools hoping to get their students licensed. Schools were invited to submit their initial proposals in May of 2014, when NCARB announced it would work with NAAB-accredited schools to let students complete IDP and ARE requirements while they were still in school. Now, NCARB will work with each school that submitted a proposal to get closer to a viable “licensure upon graduation” plan.

The schools will only be announced once their program is fully accepted by NCARB. Every year, starting again in early 2016, NCARB will invite additional schools to submit proposals to the “Integrated Path Evaluation Committee”. You can read NCARB's full press release here.

Archinectors weren't overwhelmingly swayed by the initial announcement of NCARB's initiative to have accredited schools offer licensure upon ...