S.L. 390.5 Art. 5Education and training to satisfy minimum conditions.

(1) The education and training referred to in regulation 3 must satisfy the requirements defined in regulation 4 and also the following conditions:

(a) the total length of education and training shall consist of a minimum of either five years of full-time studies at a university or comparable educational establishment, or at least four years of full-time study at a university or comparable educational establishment, accompanied by a certificate attesting to the completion of two years professional traineeship, which traineeship shall take place only after completion of the first three years of study. At least one year of the professional traineeship shall build upon knowledge, skills and competences acquired during the study referred to in regulation 4(2). To that end, the professional traineeship shall be carried out under the supervision of a person or body that has been authorised by the competent authority of the home Member State. Such supervised traineeship may take place in any country. The professional traineeship shall be evaluated by the competent authority of the home Member State;

(b) such education and training shall lead to successful completion of a university-level examination.

(2) Recognition under regulation 3 shall also be accorded to education and training which, as part of a social betterment scheme or a part-time university course, conforms to the requirements of regulation 4 and leads to an examination in architecture and civil engineering successfully completed by applicants who have been employed in architecture and civil engineering for not less than seven years under the supervision of a perit or firm of periti. This examination shall be of degree standard and be equivalent to the final examination referred to in sub-regulation (1)(b).