APPENDIX C

Entry requirements shall be from a satisfactory level of achievement with a minimum of 2 Principals at STPM level or with a minimum of Grade 2 with 5 credits at SPM level, or the equivalent.

There must be explicit criteria for admission of students with advanced standing, by transfer from other universities or from other background, and policies on evaluating work undertaken elsewhere for credit towards the degree.

To ensure effective interaction the full time academic staff to student ratio shall be not more than 1 : 15.

Apart from the full-time academic staff, architectural schools are strongly encouraged to engage part-time academic staff from amongst practising professionals in architecture and related fields.

Individual project work with direct staff/student dialogue should form the basis of the learning period.

A system of external examiners should be established to check and improve the academic standard.

There must also be sufficient qualified and experienced members of technical and administrative staff to provide adequate support to the educational programme.