Master of Architecture / Meistr Pensaernïaeth
At its meeting of 27 March 2024, the Accreditation Committee decided that the above qualification should be prescribed for the period 12 December 2023 to 31 December 2028 under Section 4(1)(a) of the Architects Act 1997 for the purposes of entry onto the United Kingdom Register of Architects.
Prescription is subject to the Standard Conditions set out in the Board’s Procedures, namely:
- The University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s Master of Architecture / Meistr Pensaernïaeth (two years, full-time; three years, part-time) qualification should be prescribed from 12 December 2023 to 31 December 2028.
- Prescription of the qualification shall be by reference to the Programme Specification – submitted as part of the application on 14 April 2023 – for the Master of Architecture / Meistr Pensaernïaeth (two years, full-time; three years, part-time) qualification. No change may be made to the title of any qualification, or material change to the content so defined within a programme specification (allowing for normal course development) without first obtaining the written permission of the Accreditation Committee.
- Annually by 31 January – commencing on 31 January 2025 – the institution shall be required to provide the Accreditation Committee with information of the nature set out in its Procedures to enable the Committee to see that:
i. All Criteria and the relevant requirements set out in Article 46 (or Article 47) of the Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications Directive [2005/36/EC] have been attained by all students awarded the prescribed qualification;
ii. Adequate systems are in place to ensure that all the Board’s Criteria will be met by students for the period of prescription;
iii. The institution’s resources remain as set out in the application and are adequate; and
iv. All of the factors referred to in Sections 2.2 and 2.3 of the Procedures continue to be demonstrated, and any conditions of prescription continue to be met. - The institution will ensure that appropriate procedures will be maintained so that all students undertaking a prescribed qualification are fully informed of the extent of the application of that qualification to entitlement to registration as an architect in circumstances in which the student lacks a required antecedent qualification, e.g. Part 2 without Part 1.
- Following each and every set of examinations, the institution shall be required to submit to ARB its pass lists of graduating cohorts who have received the prescribed award.
In addition to the Standard Conditions of prescription, the Committee agreed that the following additional condition would be applicable under Section 7.2 of the Board’s Procedures:
- The institution must submit to ARB copies of the external examiner reports immediately following the final assessment and Examination Board for each cohort during the period of prescription.
The Committee was confident that:
- The course proposal – including the educational aims, the intended learning outcomes, the assessments etc – has been designed with the clear aim of ensuring that all those who receive the qualification will have met all the Criteria;
- Systems are in place to ensure that all Criteria will be met by all students receiving the qualification for the period of prescription; and
- The institution has adequate resources to maintain and, where appropriate, increase the achievements of students meeting all the Criteria.
The additional condition is in keeping with ARB practice when prescribing new qualifications and will provide the Committee with the opportunity at an earlier stage each year to monitor and be assured that the objectives for prescription and Criteria are being met.
