Drexel University Architecture Program Accreditation Reports and Documents
NAAB Accreditation
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 US professional degree programs in architecture, 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, three-year, or two-year term of accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established educational standards.
Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture programs may require a pre-professional undergraduate degree in architecture for admission; however, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.
Drexel University, Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, Department of Architecture, Design & Urbanism offers the following NAAB-accredited degree program(s):
- 2+4 Option: 6-year program (2 years full-time, 4 years part-time)
Bachelor of Architecture
227.0 undergraduate quarter-term credits
- Part-Time Evening Option: 7-year part-time program
Bachelor of Architecture
227.0 undergraduate quarter-term credits
- Next accreditation visit for both tracks: 2026
2020 NAAB Conditions for Accreditation
2020 NAAB Procedures for Accreditation
Accreditation Program Report (APR) from 2017/2018 submitted by Drexel to NAAB
Visiting Team Report (VTR) from 2018
Accreditation Letter to President Fry from NAAB
Drexel’s Response to the VTR
Interim Progress Report Notification
The 3-year Interim Progress Report (IPR) submitted by Drexel to NAAB
The 3-Year IPT Response letter from NAAB
The 5-year Interim Progress Report (IPR) submitted by Drexel to NAAB
The 5-year IPT Response letter from NAAB
Annual Statistical Reports (ARS) submitted to NAAB:
2018 NAAB Decision Letter
2018 Visiting Team Report
2014 NAAB Conditions for Accreditation
2015 NAAB Procedures for Accreditation