Accreditation

  • SACD
  • 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 professional degree programs in Architecture offered by institutions with U.S. regional accreditation 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 term, an eight-year term with conditions, or a three-year term of initial accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established educational standards.

Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may require a nonaccredited undergraduate degree in architecture for admission. However, the nonaccredited degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.

The Detroit Mercy School of Architecture and Community Development offers the following NAAB-accredited degree program: Master of Architecture (36 credit-hour M. Arch with 134 credit-hour Bachelor of Science in Architecture for 170 credit-hour total minimum).

The information below consists of all the accreditation documents that have been produced by The School of Architecture & Community Development and NAAB since 2014.

SACD Master of Architecture degree program is scheduled for its next visit for Continuing Accreditation in 2031.

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