Recent trends of international validation and portability in Architectural Education

In Japan, due to its historical background, the curriculum of undergraduate education is structured to accommodate educational requirements for the licensure of architects and architectural engineers, and offers holistic education that includes fields of both architectural design and architectural engineering. [...]the aforementioned JABEE accredited 4 + 2 education system integrates 2 years graduate program that is more specific to architectural design and 4 years undergraduate program which covers wider disciplines. [...]Rules and Procedure of the Canberra Accord expects signatory systems to be reflective of the core principles, in particular, to ensure the acquisition of generic student skills, knowledge, and competencies including the 16 items identified in the Charter. The vision of the future world, cultivated in architecture schools, should include the following goals: a decent quality of life for all the inhabitants of human settlements; a technological application that respects the social, cultural, and aesthetic needs of people and is aware of the appropriate use of materials in architecture and their initial and future maintenance costs; an ecologically balanced and sustainable development of the built and natural environment including the rational utilization of available resources; an architecture that is valued as the property and responsibility of everyone.