At the last Board meeting on 12 May 2017, the Board considered applications from institutions seeking prescription of their qualifications under the Architects Act 1997 for the first time. In line with its Procedures for the Prescription of Qualifications, the Board considered the responses to the consultations it had undertaken.
The Board decided that the following qualification should be prescribed from May 2017 until September 2018:
University of Sheffield
MArch Architecture and Landscape Architecture
That the following qualifications should be prescribed from May 2017 until October 2020:
London School of Architecture
Professional Diploma in Designing Architecture
University of Kent
BA (Hons) Architecture with a Year Abroad
BA (Hons) Architecture with a Year in Computing
That the following qualification should be prescribed from May 2017 until December 2020:
University of Salford
BSc (Hons) Architecture
That the following qualifications should be prescribed from June 2017 until June 2021:
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
BSc (Hons) Architecture/BSc (Anrh) Pensaernïaeth
Northumbria University
BA (Hons) Architecture (with Study Abroad Year)
That the following qualifications should be prescribed from September 2017 until September 2021:
University of Hertfordshire
BA (Hons) Architecture
BA (Hons) Architecture (Sandwich)
BA (Hons) Architecture with a Year Abroad
And that the following qualification should be prescribed from June 2018 until June 2022:
Ravensbourne
BA (Hons) Architecture
BA (Hons) Interior Design Environment Architectures
The Board also considered applications from institutions seeking to renew prescription of its qualifications under the Architects Act 1997.
The Board decided that prescription of the following qualifications should continue until September 2021:
Arts University Bournemouth
BA (Hons) Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part 1)
Master of Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part 2)
University of Greenwich
BA (Hons) Architecture
MArch Architecture Part 2
Postgraduate Diploma in Architectural Practice
Liverpool John Moores University
BA (Hons) in Architecture
Master of Architecture, in Architecture
And that prescription of the following qualifications should continue until September 2022:
London Metropolitan University
BA (Hons) Architecture
Professional Diploma in Architecture
Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice in Architecture
Oxford Brookes University
BA (Honours) Architecture
Master of Architectural Design (MArchD)
Part 3 Examination in Practice and Management
Cardiff University
BSc (Hons) in Architectural Studies
Master in Architecture
Postgraduate Diploma/MA in Architecture: Professional Studies
University of Lincoln
Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice and Management in Architecture
University of Nottingham
Bachelor of Architecture with Honours in Architecture
Master in Engineering with Honours in Architecture and Environmental Design
MArch Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part 2)
Diploma in Architecture
Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice in Architecture (Part 3)
For further details, please see the ‘Schools and Institutions of Architecture’ section of ARB’s website.
