Australian building and construction qualifications

As one of the nation's leading professional institutes the Australian Institute of Building (AIB) actively works with universities to ensure that building and construction management related degrees are maintained as stand-alone qualifications and also that they are relevant to the needs of industry.

Since 1975 AIB has provided accreditation to selected university qualifications in building management related disciplines. This accreditation has origins in the leading role that AIB played in the creation of the first, and subsequent, university courses specialising in building and construction management. The qualifications currently accredited by AIB are as follows:

	Accredited Qualifications —
	Select course NSW: University of New South Wales NSW: Uni of Newcastle NSW: University of Technology Sydney (UTS) NSW: University of Western Sydney (UWS) QLD: Central Queensland University (CQU) QLD: Queensland University Technology (QUT) SA: University of South Australia VIC: University of Melbourne VIC: RMIT University VIC: Deakin University WA: Curtin University

AIB accreditation serves several purposes which can be concisely stated as verifying the relevancy of the course's content, the quality of instruction and also to provide a direct pathway as a professional to membership of AIB.

The Institute is concerned with the education and training of all individuals in the building / construction industry and is actively involved in:

• Advocating new tertiary courses where the need exists
• The development of courses in co-operation with academic staff
• The assessment of courses for accreditation by the Institute
• the encouragement of secondary school students to undertake tertiary building courses

This accreditation, sought by the universities, provides an independent assessment of the course's scope, content and relevance to the building profession. The accreditation provided by AIB is not enduring but reviewed in accordance with strict processes to ensure the integrity of the accreditation.

AIB cooperates with the Australian Institute of Building Surveyors (AIBS) and the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS) to manage the accreditation process in building related tertiary courses.

For further information e-mail to the AIB Membership & Education Manager at education@aib.org.au

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