PCPSARC3 - Examination in Professional Practice in Architecture (RIBA 3)

The Examination in Professional Practice in Architecture (RIBA 3) consists of a single (60 credit) module - AR7P46 - to be commenced in the Spring Semester and completed in the Summer study period.

The standard course length is 8 months. The maximum duration for a student to complete and pass all components of the course is 24 months.

The primary aim of the course is to assess the candidate against the RIBA/ARB Criteria for Part 3. These criteria ask the candidate to demonstrate awareness, understanding, knowledge and ability against a set of key requirements through the mechanisms of the PEDR, a Case Study, a Career Evaluation – as well as their performance in both written and oral examinations. The intention is to ensure that those successful candidates who may use the protected title architect, in accordance with Architects Act 1997, have achieved a threshold level of competence (in terms of knowledge and skill) and professionalism (in terms of conduct and responsibility) against nationally approved standards, in order to safeguard clients, the users of buildings and wider society. Beyond these fundamental criteria and their own experience, this course requires it students to think critically address the role of the architect within society, questioning what it means to act both effectively and ethically within the legal, social and commercial structures of the UK . The course also prepares architects for carrying out the professional contractual duties elaborated in the RIBA’s Standard Agreement for the appointment of and Architect S-Con-07-A.

Professional body exemptions/accreditation

Royal Institute of British Architects
Architects’ Registration Board.

AR7P46 encompasses the prescribed components which a candidate must pass separately in order to be put forward for registration as an architect to the Architect's Registration Board as having passed RIBA 3.

RIBA Part 3 and subsequent registration with the Architects Registration Board (ARB) allow you to practice with the title of Architect in the United Kingdom and European Community.

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All applicants to the course should either have RIBA Part 2 exemption by examination at a recognised UK or Eire school, or RIBA or ARB Part 2 exemption by interview. Applicants must also submit documentary evidence of practical experience to conform with the RIBA Practical Training Scheme. In cases where exemption from the full year of post-Part 2 training is required, evidence of protracted experience at high levels of responsibility must be submitted, sufficient to allow the course tutor to endorse an application for exemption to the RIBA's Co-ordinator for Practical Training.