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An image from Echo: A Site-specific Installation and Architecture Exhibition.

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Architecture Program Report for Continuing Accreditation - 2023 [PDF]

Architecture Program Report for Continuing Accreditation - 2014 [PDF]

NAAB Letter of Accreditation - 2024 [PDF]

NAAB Letter of Accreditation - 2014–2022 [PDF]

SAIC Visiting Team Report - 2023 [PDF]

SAIC Optional Response to Visiting Team Report - 2024 [PDF] 

SAIC Visiting Team Report - 2014 [PDF]

Plan to Correct for Continuing Accreditation [PDF]

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Details on institutional and regional accreditation for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago can be found at saic.edu/accreditation.

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