Consultation | International routes to UK registration for architects

Your views invited.

In line with ARB's education reforms, it also plans to overhaul the international routes to UK registration to align them with their new approach to UK education and training.

The current route open to the majority of internationally qualified architects, the Prescribed Exam, is in urgent need of a complete overhaul. The assessment methodology used in the exam is outdated and complex, and candidates often report deep frustration with the assessment format and process. ARB has also signed international agreements with counterparts in other countries, including, at present, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, and Hong Kong. Eligible internationally registered professionals seeking to join the UK Register through one of these agreements must take the UK Adaptation Assessment, to demonstrate that they are familiar with the UK context and ready to practise in the UK. In overhauling the Prescribed Exam, there is also an opportunity to simplify the UK Adaptation Assessment.

The full consultation document setting out their proposals is available here.

Please send your views to [email protected] by Monday 9 December to put the Institute’s response together. Alternatively, members and affiliates are welcome to respond to the consultation directly.