Accreditation

Our school offers accredited professional programs in architecture, planning and landscape architecture. Graduating from one of these programs is the first step to becoming a licensed practitioner. Our architecture and landscape architecture degrees are the only accredited programs for these professions in Alberta.

The MArch program is accredited by the Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB). The program provides the foundation for a range of career opportunities in design, construction, and management of the built environment, as well as being a basis for advanced design and scholarly research.

In Canada, the Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB) is the sole agency authorized by the Regulatory Organization of Architecture in Canada (ROAC) to accredit Canadian professional degree programs in architecture for the purposes of architectural licensure.

Canadian degrees from accredited programs are fully recognized in the United States and in the European Union under reciprocity agreements.

On January 1, 2017 the Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB) granted a full six-year accreditation term to our program, ending June 30, 2023. The Master of Architecture program at the University of Calgary has been accredited since 1995. Download the Architecture Program Report and Visiting Team Report if you're interested in learning more.

The Master of Planning is a professional program accredited by the Professional Standards Board (PSB) for the Planning Profession in Canada, in accordance with the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) requirements, and prepares graduates for professional registration. The most direct entry route to a professional planning designation is by holding an accredited degree.

The Master of Planning, formally established in 2012, was accredited in 2013 for a 5-year term. Following the accreditation review cycles, the MPlan was granted unconditional re-accreditation in 2018, and most recently in 2023, for an additional 5-year term.

The Master of Landscape Architecture is a professional program accredited by the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Council (LAAC) of the Canadian Society of Landscape Programs and is the first Canadian graduate program in landscape architecture to be launched since 1980.

The program began in 2015, and was granted full accreditation for the first time in 2018 for a 3-year term. The program underwent a successful accreditation review in 2022, with full accreditation re-granted for an additional 2-year term.