Landscape Architects

To be registered in Rhode Island as a Landscape Architect, you must meet at a minimum all the requirements for one of the following categories. 

If you do not meet these requirements, you are not eligible for registration in RI. 

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: For all categories, applicants must demonstrate that their required years of verified experience are in landscape architectural work under the direct supervision of a registered landscape architect of a grade and character satisfactory to the board. 

• Up to 50% of the experience in any category may be in related work under the direct supervision of a licensed professional engineer, professional land surveyor, and/or architect (in any US jurisdiction) of a grade and character satisfactory to the Board.

EXAMS: Candidates must apply directly to CLARB to take the L.A.R.E. Board approval is not required. 

Category 1 – Accredited Landscape Architecture Degrees 

• Graduation from an LAAB or LAAC accredited BLA or MLA degree, or from an Internationally Equivalent Landscape Architecture Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree Program
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in landscape architectural work 
• Passing scores on all sections of the L.A.R.E. 
• CLARB Record

Category 2 – Non-Accredited Bachelor’s in Landscape Architecture (BLA) Degree

• Graduation from a non-accredited landscape architecture bachelor’s program. 
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in landscape architectural work 
• Passing scores on all sections of the L.A.R.E. 
• CLARB Record

Category 3 – Non-Accredited MLA, LA Certificate or Any Other Bachelor’s Degree

• Graduation from a:
  
  • Non-Accredited Landscape Architecture Master’s Program (MLA), 
  • Certificate in Landscape Architecture Program, or
  • Any other Bachelor’s degree program, including engineering and architecture
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in landscape architectural work 
• Passing scores on all sections of the L.A.R.E. 
• CLARB Record 

Category 4 – 2-year Degrees and Certificates        

• Graduation from a 2-year Associate’s Program or a 2-year Certificate Program 
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in landscape architectural work 
• Passing scores on all sections of the L.A.R.E. 
• CLARB Record

Category 5 – No Degree or Certificate

• No college education required
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in landscape architectural work 
• Passing scores on all sections of the L.A.R.E. 
• CLARB Record

Registration requirements are set forth in R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-51-4 and the Board’s Regulation, 420-RICR-00-00-1, § 1.6.