(CREA) Brazilian Architecture licence with an American College Degree

Member since 13 April 2011

ricardo80202Member19 April 2011 19:58:47

I have an accredited Master degree in Architecture from the University of Colorado. I want to start the process of acquiring the Brazilian professional architectural licence with (CREA-RJ). Does anyone out there have been through the process and can share some advice? I had a 3.5 years Master degree with a 4 year unrelated undergraduate degree. They have been validated by the Brazilian Consulate in Houston. I believe the next step is to have the curriculum validated by a Brazilian University or the Department of Education but I am not sure how to handle this next step.

Thank you

Ricardo

mp_garcia ViP

Member since 07 December 2009

mp_garciaViP19 April 2011 20:32:38

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Let me see if I understood... Do you have a degree in Architecture? Or do you have a degree in something else with a Master´s Degreee in Architecture?

If you have the Architecture degree you will have to translate everything (Diploma and Programm) to Portuguese (official), get all the stamps necessary, included one from a Brazilian Consulate.

If I´m not wrong, you should be a brazilian resident in order to apply for a validation of your american curriculum in a Brazilian University, the process is very long, it might take 2 years...

I did the opposite process, having my degree validated in Spain and it was a nightmare...

Cheers!

SantaCatarina4life New member

Member since 14 June 2009

SantaCatarina4lifeNew member30 April 2011 01:40:53

mp_garcia wrote:
Let me see if I understood... Do you have a degree in Architecture? Or do you have a degree in something else with a Master´s Degreee in Architecture?

If you have the Architecture degree you will have to translate everything (Diploma and Programm) to Portuguese (official), get all the stamps necessary, included one from a Brazilian Consulate.

If I´m not wrong, you should be a brazilian resident in order to apply for a validation of your american curriculum in a Brazilian University, the process is very long, it might take 2 years...

I did the opposite process, having my degree validated in Spain and it was a nightmare...

Cheers!

My God! What advice! this is not nice at all!