About NAAB

Incorporated in 1967 as a 501(c)(3), NAAB’s history dates back to 1940 when ACSA, AIA, and NCARB collectively recognized the need for an impartial organization to facilitate quality assurance in support of architecture programs that prepare students for professional licensure. Since that time, NAAB has proudly established and maintained an accreditation system that enhances the value, relevance, and effectiveness of the profession of architecture.

Mission

NAAB develops and maintains an accreditation system in professional degree education that enhances the value, relevance, and effectiveness of the profession of architecture.

Vision

NAAB advances educational quality assurance standards and processes that anticipate the needs of academic programs, the profession, and society, to promote a better built environment.

Volunteers are the Heart of Accreditation

Annually, 165+ unpaid volunteers spend more than 12,000 hours conducting accreditation reviews. The Board of Directors is comprised of volunteers nominated by the Collateral Organizations, who each contribute approximately nearly 500 unpaid hours per year as part of a three-year commitment.  An average of 125 volunteers (educators, practitioners, and regulators) serving as site visitors, spend upward of 80 unpaid hours per year each conducting much of the work of accreditation. All accreditation work is supported by the NAAB accreditation staff.

NAAB-Volunteers

165+ Volunteers

NAAB-Volunteer Hours

12,000+ Hours

NAAB-Reviews

300+ Reviews

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