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Careers in
Architecture
How
can I defer my student loans?
Getting Started with IDP
Where should I get
registered?
Does all of my experience
count?
Foreign Applicants and
International Issues
What
about employment outside the United States?
I have a degree from a foreign university. What
do I need to do?
I'm an architect in another country and
would like to practice in the U.S. Do I qualify for the "broadly
experienced architect" program?
Supplementary
Education
How do AIA/CES
and IDP supplementary education work together?
I am not an AIA member. How do I record
supplementary education?
Emerging Professional's Companion
What is the Emerging
Professional’s Companion?
How is it different than the Supplementary
Education (Supp Ed) Handbook?
How can I get the EPC?
How much does it cost?
How do I get credit for the exercises?
The Collateral Organizations
ARCHCareers.org
American
Architectural Foundation
National
Architectural Accrediting Board
National
Council of Architectural Registration Boards
American Institute of
Architects
Association
of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
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How can
I defer my student loans?
NOTE: Be certain that the state in which you want to obtain
your license will accept your combination of education and
experience. State requirements may differ from NCARB's education
and training standards.
Deferring a loan is at the discretion of the lender.
Don't assume that your loan may be deferred if it was
granted after July 1, 1993. Your loan may be deferred, but you need
to contact the lender.
If you can defer the loan, you'll need two certifications. The
certifications CANNOT come from either the AIA or NCARB. One must
come from your supervisor and certify that you are employed in an
acceptable training setting. The other must come from the
registration board and certify (1) that the internship is required,
(2) the length of the internship, and (3) that a baccalaureate
degree was required before entering the internship.
CHECK OUT: The latest version of the IDP
Guidelines. Be certain to check with your lending institution
first.
REMEMBER: Under current federal tax law, a portion
of the interest on your student loan may be a deductible expense.
Consult a tax specialist or www.irs.gov for more information.
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Where should I get
registered?
NOTE: Be certain that the state in
which you want to obtain your license will accept your combination
of education and experience. State requirements may differ from
NCARB education and training standards.
Choosing where to get registered depends on a
number of factors.
Generally, you will want to get your license in the state in which
you live while you practice. Some exceptions may apply, for
instance, if you live in Connecticut but work in New York, then you
may want to consider obtaining a license in New York.
If you are seeking registration in another state because you don't
meet your state's licensing requirements, be certain to get all the
facts first. Contact all the licensing boards involved to find out
what is necessary for both initial registration and
reciprocity.
The ARE may be taken anywhere in the U.S. or Canada, and your
scores can be submitted to the jurisdiction you choose. For
example, even if you want to obtain your initial license in
Indiana, you can take divisions of the ARE while you are on an
extended work assignment in Texas.
CHECK
OUT:
Registration Board
Requirements
NCARB's Reciprocity Requirements
Information from NCARB on the Architect
Registration Examination
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Does all of my experience
count?
NOTE: Be certain that
the state in which you want to obtain your license will accept your
combination of education and experience. State requirements may
differ from NCARB's education and training standards.
You must meet certain requirements for your
work experience to count.
Generally, work experience may be counted from the successful
completion of your third year in a four-year pre-professional
degree program with direct entry into an accredited master of
architecture program; after you successfully complete the third
year of a five-year BArch program; or after you successfully
complete your first year in an MArch program (for those who hold an
undergraduate degree in a discipline other than
architecture).
Part-time work may count if it is at least 20 hours/week for six
(6) consecutive months.
Full-time work may count if it is at least 35 hours/week
for eight (8) consecutive weeks.
CHECK
OUT:
NCARB's IDP Entry
Points
NCARB's State Board Requirements
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What about employment outside the
United States?
NOTE: Be certain that the state in
which you want to obtain your license will accept overseas work
experience. State requirements may differ from NCARB's education
and training standards.
Overseas employment is both personally and
professionally beneficial, and may be applied toward IDP.
If you are working under the direct supervision of a U.S. or
Canadian licensed architect, you may accrue unlimited IDP credit
for your work experience in any of the IDP training categories
(design and construction, construction administration, management,
and related activities).
If you are working under the direct supervision of a person
practicing architecture who does not hold a U.S. or Canadian
license but is registered in the country in which you are working,
you may accrue up to 235 training units in any of the training
areas.
If you are working under the direct supervision of a person
practicing an allied profession (engineering, construction, or
landscape architecture, for example), you may NOT accrue any
training units for foreign employment.
Bottom line: Generally, work done under the direct supervision of a
licensed architect in a foreign country may be applied to IDP,
although there may be some restrictions.
CHECK OUT:
NCARB's
IDP Training Settings
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I have a degree from a foreign
university. What do I need to
do?
NOTE: Be certain that the state in which you
want to obtain your license will accept your combination of
education and experience. State requirements may differ from IDP
requirements.
Getting your degree evaluated is the first
step.
The cost will vary. Generally an evaluation by the Educational
Evaluation Services for Architects (EESA) is required. The cost for
this is $800.
EESA assists those individuals who wish to apply for NCARB
certification or for registration by an NCARB member board and who
do not have a professional degree in architecture from an
NAAB-accredited school of architecture. EESA often works with
internationally educated applicants and broadly experienced
architects.
NCARB relies on the National Architectural Accrediting Board, Inc.
(NAAB) to evaluate international education. Generally, the process
takes six to eight weeks to complete once all of the necessary
paperwork has been received.
NAAB evaluates your degree, not architecture schools or programs.
This means that each individual is evaluated separately. No schools
or programs outside of the U.S. or Canada are automatically
accepted.
CHECK
OUT:
National Architectural Accrediting Board,
Inc.
202-783-2007
EESA-NCARB Educational
Evaluation Services for Architects
Contact Cassandra Pair, eesa@naab.org or
202-638-3372.
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I'm an architect in another
country and would like to practice in the United States. Do I
qualify for the "broadly experienced architect" program?
NOTE: Be
certain that the state in which you want to obtain your license
will accept the broadly experienced architect designation. State
requirements may differ from the following.
The process to qualify as a "broadly
experienced architect" (BEA) is a rigorous one.
A BEA is one who does not hold an NAAB-accredited degree and
can verify that he or she has experience as an architect in
comprehensive architecture practice over a prescribed number of
years, as noted by NCARB.
If you hold a pre-professional degree in architecture that is a
component of an NAAB-accredited, CACB-accredited, or CACB-certified
professional degree program, you must demonstrate six years of
practice.
If you hold a bachelor's degree or higher degree in another field,
you must demonstrate eight years of practice. If you hold no
degree, you must demonstrate 10 years of practice.
Once your eligibility for BEA has been determined, you must obtain
an evaluation of your post-secondary education from the National
Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). NAAB administers the
Education Evaluation Services for Architects (EESA) program, which
compares your education with the NCARB education requirements. NAAB
charges a fee for this service. If you have very little or no
post-secondary education, such an evaluation is not required.
Your completed application will be reviewed by NCARB's BEA
Committee. An interview is required of all candidates to verify the
material presented in their applications.
This process usually takes a minimum of 9 to 12 months to
complete.
CHECK OUT:
NCARB's Broadly Experienced Architect Certification
Process
EESA-NCARB Evaluation Services for
Architects
Contact Cassandra Pair, eesa@naab.org or
202-638-3372.
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How do AIA/CES and IDP
supplementary education work
together?
Here are some examples:
If you've attended a
chapter-sponsored event, the chapter will file your credit earned
with the University of Oklahoma, which maintains CES records,
provided that you signed in or registered for the conference using
your AIA number.
If an AIA registered provider, such as Pella Windows, sponsored the
event, then that provider is responsible for submitting your credit
to the University of Oklahoma, provided that you signed in or
registered for the conference using your AIA number. There should
be a sign-up sheet that asks for your name and AIA number.
If the activity was performed on your own, such as completing the
questions for a continuing education article from Architectural
Record, then you are responsible for submitting the proper
forms or a self-report form to the University of Oklahoma with your
AIA number.
Bottom line: Either you or the provider submit the information to
the University of Oklahoma. In all cases your AIA number must be on
the submission.
You may download a copy of your transcript from the University of
Oklahoma web site at any time (or request a transcript in writing,
one free each year). That transcript should be sent with your Form
123 to NCARB. That is the only way NCARB will accept AIA-approved
continuing education. You may check your transcript online at any
time, but NCARB requires an official transcript.
AIA/CES is then translated into IDP value units in this
manner:
Each hour of AIA approved continuing education earns two hours of
IDP credit (in other words, one AIA Learning Unit Hour earns 0.25
IDP Training Units).
Again, you only need to remit your official AIA/CES transcript to
NCARB when you normally file an Employment Verification/IDP
Training Unit Report Form; NCARB will do the necessary conversion.
You should keep a copy for your files.
Note: You can receive up to 117 training units in IDP Training
Category D for a post-professional degree received after July 1,
2002 program (235 TUs if you received the degree before that
date).
CHECK
OUT:
NCARB's Supplementary
Education Conditions
AIA's Supplementary Education
Resources
Emerging
Professional's Companion
AIA Continuing
Education
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I am not an AIA
member. How do I record supplementary
education?
AIA-approved continuing education counts for
supplementary education.
Even though you are not an AIA member, the AIA will maintain a
record of your continuing education so that you may apply it toward
IDP supplementary education. You just need to make certain that it
is properly recorded.
The AIA now supports this program for NCARB record holders
currently in IDP. Send an email to IDP@aia.org with:
• your name
• address
• email
• phone number
• Highest Degree (BA, BS, BARCH, MARCH, DARCH, other)
• School
• Graduation Date
• NCARB Customer ID
You will be assigned an AIA number for use in tracking your credits
with this resource. The AIA-issued number is not a member number
but simply one you can use to record your supplementary education
credit. Sign in or register with that new number when attending an
AIA-approved provider program. This could be any activity from an
in-office vendor lunch demonstration to an AIA component activity.
If a program offers AIA/CES credit, then it will also work for your
IDP Council Record. Be certain that you sign in or register for the
program using the new number and not your NCARB number.
The program provider is then responsible for submitting attendance
information to the University of Oklahoma, which maintains these
records.
If you complete an activity on your own, such as the questions for
a continuing education article from Architectural Record, then you
are responsible for submitting the paperwork to the University of
Oklahoma. Again, use your AIA-issued number.
NCARB requires an official transcript be submitted along with your
NCARB Employment Verification IDP Training Unit Report Form. You
may download a copy of your transcript from the University of
Oklahoma web site at any time (or request a transcript in writing,
one free each year). That transcript should be sent with your Form
123 to NCARB.
Each hour of AIA approved continuing education earns two hours of
IDP credit (in other words, one AIA Learning Unit Hour earns 0.25
IDP Training Units).
CHECK
OUT:
NCARB's Supplementary
Education Conditions
AIA's Supplementary Education
Resources
Emerging
Professional's Companion
AIA Continuing
Education
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What is the Emerging Professional’s
Companion?
The Emerging Professional’s Companion or EPC is a way
for interns to get credit in IDP using project-based and
scenario-based exercises. Interns can do the exercises
independently or in groups for supplementary education (supp ed)
credit. Students may also do the exercises in the classroom for
exposure to practice issues before graduation. For an explanation
of supp ed credit, click here.
The
EPC is now available at www.EPCompanion.org!
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How is it different than the Supplementary
Education (Supp Ed) Handbook?
The EPC replaces the Supp Ed Handbook completely. The EPC now
contains up to date information and more diverse exercises which
apply to today’s practice environment.
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How can I get the
EPC?
The EPC will be available starting in early October
2004.
AIA Members: Go to www.EPCompanion.org. Login
using your member number and AIA password (usually your last name).
If you have trouble, follow the prompts on the web site
NCARB record holders: Go to www.EPCompanion.org. Click
on link for NCARB record holders and follow secondary login
prompts
Educators: Contact Catherine Roussel at 202.626.7417 or croussel@aia.org for promotional
code for free access
AIAS Members: Contact AIA
Infocentral to find out your login ID# and password for
free.
Others (including students who are
not AIAS members): Go to AIA Store at www.aia.org/books to purchase access to
the EPC web site.
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How much does it
cost?
AIA Members – FREE (see above)
NCARB Record Holders – FREE (see above)
Educators – FREE (see above)
AIAS Members - FREE (see above)
Students - $80
Others - $250
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How do I get credit for the
exercises?
First, review your work with your supervisor. Second, you must
submit for credit with the University of Oklahoma using the online
form on the web site. If you are an AIA member, you will use your
member number to login. If you are not an AIA member, you will use
the AIA customer number that you received when you first purchased
the EPC. Lastly, you must include with your NCARB employment
verification form a copy of your AIA transcript showing the EPC
exercises you have reviewed with your supervisor and logged with
AIA and have your supervisor sign the form to verify the
work.
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ARCHCareers.org
Students should start by visiting
www.ARCHCareers.org to learn the steps to becoming an architect
including education, experience, and examination
qualifications.
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American
Architectural Foundation
Students and interns should visit the
American Architectural Foundation (AIA/AAF) to learn more about
national scholarships and fellowships.
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National Architectural Accrediting
Board
Prospective students, current students and
internationally-educated students should visit the National
Architectural Accrediting Board Web site (NAAB) to locate a list of
accredited architecture schools in the US and Canada, to learn
about Student Performance Criteria in the Conditions of
Accreditation and to have a foreign degree evaluated.
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National Council of Architectural
Registration Boards
Current students, interns, and foreign
architects should visit the National Council of Architectural
Registration Boards Web site (NCARB) to find each state’s
requirements for licensure, to request a NCARB IDP packet, open a
NCARB Record, to learn more about the IDP, the ARE, and IDP/ARE
Timing and to inquire about how foreign architects seek licensure
in the US.
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American Institute of
Architects
All students and interns should see the
American Institute of Architects Web site (AIA) to find resources
on mentoring, to find your IDP Educator Coordinator or IDP State
Coordinator , to learn about IDP Support, to learn about
opportunities for Supplementary Education in the IDP, and to find
ARE Support.
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Association of Collegiate Schools of
Architecture
Students should visit the Association of
Collegiate Schools of Architecture Web site (ACSA) to access A
Student's Guide to Education including information on architectural
education, becoming an architect, and selecting a
school.
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