Education Evaluation Services for Architects

Introduction to EESA

Evaluation services performed by Education Evaluation Services for Architects (EESA), a partnership program between the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), are provided for individuals seeking an NCARB certification or registration in a U.S. jurisdiction who do not have a professional degree in architecture from a program accredited by the NAAB- or Canadian Architectural Certification Board- Conseil Canadien de Certification en Architecture (CACB/CCCA).

The EESA program compares the academic transcript(s) of these licensure candidates to the current NCARB Education Standard. As an approximation of the requirements for the award of a professional degree from a NAAB-accredited degree program, the NCARB Education Standard is used to determine whether an applicant’s education meets the requirements for NCARB certification.

More information about the EESA process is available at the EESA Glossary of Terms and the NCARB Education Guidelines.

To learn more about applying for an EESA, and to determine the steps after receipt of an EESA report please click on Start EESA.

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EESA Worldwide

The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) began administering the Education Evaluation Services for Architect (EESA) program on January 1, 2001. The program was created to help U.S. and foreign-educated licensure candidates navigate the process of obtaining an NCARB certificate or registring with an NCARB Member Board. An EESA evaluation compares academic transcript(s) to the NCARB Education Standard and identifies the areas that have and have not met the requirements outlined in the Education Standard.

NAAB launched its online EESA application and evaluation process in 2007, and since then has completed more than 2,500 evaluations. The map below highlights the growing interest in practicing architecture in the U.S., based upon the country of origin identified by those who completed the EESA process and hold an evaluation. To learn more about the EESA process, please click the “Start EESA” button at the bottom of the page.

To see the number of EESA evaluation holders, click on a region, and hover your mouse over the country.

Numbers reflect completed evaluations where the country of origin was identified from January 2007 to the present and are updated quarterly.