The Architectural program in the college of Architecture and Planning at King Saud University was granted the Substantial Equivalency (SE) by the National Architectural Accrediting Board, NAAB, in the United States for a six-year period starting from January, 2013. The program is now preparing to welcome the next NAAB visit to renew the SE in the spring, 2019.

Given the NAAB Substantial Equivalency in January 2013, the Architecture program at King Saud University was the first in the Kingdom and the second in the Arabian Gulf Region after Kuwait University, to achieve the NAAB Substantial Equivalency. 

To obtain SE, the program underwent three successful visits from NAAB evulation teams. The first visit was led by Mr. kin DouBeus, in December, 2010, and the second occured in December, 2011 by Mr. Moris Brown and Prof. Fatih Rifki. The final visit, headed by Mr. William Davis, was in December 2012. Prior to the first and second visits, the program submitted an institutional overview and an architectural program report, respectively, to NAAB. Based on the positive reports from these three visits, NAAB awarded the Substantial Equivalency to the Architecture Program at King Saud University in January 2013.

Obtaining the NAAB Substantial Equivalency is a source of great pride for all students, faculty, and administrators.

Attached Files

APR  KSU, visit 3

King Saud VTR_cof-3

2013 NAAB PROCEDURES FOR SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENCY

SE Conditions 2019

King Saud VTR for Visit 2

PSER Program Self - Evaluation Report

Final decision letter from NAAB, January 2013.