R3.50 - Degree of Doctor of Architecture

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1. The faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (“the faculty”) may admit as a candidate for the degree of doctor of Architecture any person who is a master of Architecture, or a bachelor of Architecture or a bachelor of Architecture with honours in either event of at least five years' standing, or a graduate in some other faculty who is of at least five years' standing and who satisfies the faculty that he or she has had adequate training and experience in Architecture. Candidature for the degree is not limited to graduates of the University provided the preceding requirements are satisfied and the candidature has been approved by the faculty.
2. The faculty must not admit any person as a candidate for the degree unless in its opinion the person has already made substantial and distinguished contributions to Architecture.
3. A candidate must submit a record of the work whether published or unpublished which he or she wishes to submit for assessment¹. No candidate may submit for examination work in respect of which he or she has already qualified for a degree in any university or, without the permission of the faculty, work which he or she has previously presented for any such degree. The faculty, if it approves the subject or subjects of the work submitted for assessment, must nominate examiners.
4. A candidate must when submitting work for assessment state generally in a preface and specifically in notes the sources from which the candidate's information is derived, the extent to which he or she has availed himself or herself of the work of others, and in general terms the portions of the candidate's work which he or she claims as original. When a candidate submits work carried out in collaboration with another person, the candidate must indicate his or her own share in the work.
5. Subject to the statutes and regulations of the University, the faculty must give directions for the conduct of assessment.
6. A candidate whose work as submitted gives evidence of research and ability satisfactory to the examiners and in their opinion constitutes a definite contribution to Architecture and who has fulfilled the prescribed conditions may be admitted to the degree of doctor of Architecture.

1 Three copies must be submitted (see stattute 12.5).