Accreditation

Accreditation for Honours degree level programmes

CIAT Accreditation may apply to qualifications in Architectural Technology or related subjects that meet the CIAT criteria and QAA Subject Benchmark Statement for Architectural Technology. CIAT will Accredit recognised qualifications at the level of a UK Honours degree programme or which equate to 240 ECTS on the European Qualifications Framework (EQF).

The Accreditation Guidelines can be downloaded below:
  Accreditation Guidelines


Accreditation fees (from March 2011)

Advisory visit
When an educational establishment requests guidance from CIAT in setting up an Architectural Technology programme which results in a visit to the establishment, CIAT will be reimbursed for any expenses* incurred.

Accreditation in Principle
Documentation review = £500* plus expenses*

Accreditation
Documentation review and visit = £750* plus expenses*

Accreditation review (visit over a one day period)
Documentation review and visit = £750* plus expenses*

Centre of Excellence (visit over a two day period if necessary, including Accreditation review)
Documentation review and visit = £1,500* plus expenses*

Centre of Excellence (Pro-Rata – only available for those universities that have undergone an Accreditation Review between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009).
Documentation review and visit = £ 300* for each year applied for plus expenses* (i.e. when a university’s Accreditation Review was undertaken before the status of Centre of Excellence was available, the university will be able to apply to become a Centre of Excellence at a pro-rata fee until its next Accreditation review date).

Conditional Review
Expenses* (i.e . when a university is deemed by an Accreditation Panel not to have met all requirements for Accreditation the Panel is at liberty to set conditions and insist on another visit after a set period of time to ensure that all conditions have been met).

Partnered Institutes
If a host educational establishment offers its CIAT Accredited Architectural Technology Honours degree level programme through another partnered institute and there is no variation in programme structure and content then only expenses* must be reimbursed to CIAT. If the programme varies in any way, a full submission must be made and normal fees apply. In both instances a visit must take place at Accreditation stage and Accreditation Review stage as standard.

*All figures are subject to VAT. Expenses include post, travel and accommodation expenses for visiting Accreditation Panel.