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RIBA validation is an internationally recognised benchmark for excellence in architecture. 
Schools of architecture all over the world participate voluntarily in the RIBA validation scheme because it offers a high quality, robust and objective peer review service, the result of over 100 years at the forefront of validating architectural education.
 
RIBA's aim is to offer a rigorous and systematic inspection of architectural courses to ensure parity on an international scale, whilst respecting the local systems within which schools operate. This is a key factor in the Institute's mission to advance architecture and promote excellence in the profession.
 
The breadth and depth of current architectural teaching and practice is represented in our International Validation Panel, whose members are highly experienced educators and practitioners.
 
Over 90 courses in 23 countries worldwide are now recognised by the RIBA (sometimes in collaboration with the Commonwealth Association of Architects) and this number is increasing.

RIBA Visiting Boards
RIBA Visiting Boards review course content and the work of students to determine whether the course can be granted exemption from the RIBA examinations.
 
RIBA Exploratory and Monitoring Visits
Members of the Validation Panel will explore with the school the possibility of the school hosting a Visiting Board. It will give advice on appropriateness of standards, or monitor and advise on appropriateness of standards to an already recognised course, beyond the standard visiting board procedure.
 
RIBA International Education Consultancy
Our Validation Panel members are also available to undertake consultancy work, offering schools advice on general education issues, for example standards, course structure, curriculum and so forth. This operates beyond the standard visiting board procedure and is available to all schools, whether they are recognised by the RIBA or not.
 
More information on this service will be supplied on request.
 
Procedures 

· overseas candidate course exploratory visit £750 one off fee

· overseas educational consultancy (per person) £250 per diem

· initial validation of overseas candidate course £500 one off fee

· full overseas revalidation £375 p.a. retention fee

· full cost recovery of members’ expenses

Where applicable, VAT will be charged at the prevailing rate.

Contact details
We welcome validation enquiries from all schools of architecture. If you are interested in inviting a RIBA Visiting Board to your school, or wish to discuss the process with us, please contact Stephanie Beasley-Suffolk|.
 
Note:
Non-EU qualified architects are still required to contact the Architects' Registration Board| (ARB) if they wish to register and practise in the UK.