Membership

The membership of the Society consists of:

1. Corporate Members
2. Graduate Members
3. Student Members
4. Technician Members
5. Visiting Members
6. Honorary Members

Qualifications for Membership

Corporate Members:
shall be fully qualified architects holding recognised professional qualifications from an institution acceptable to the Council of the Society and have been resident in Uganda for at least three years and having fulfilled such other conditions prescribed in the Bylaws.

Graduate Members:
shall be persons who have passed their degree examinations in architecture from an institution acceptable to the Council of the Society and have not yet obtained recognised professional qualifications and have fulfilled such other conditions as the Bylaws prescribe.

Student Members:
shall be persons engaged in the study of architecture in a course acceptable to the Council in recognized institutions of higher learning.

Technician Members:
shall be persons with technical qualifications having passed an examination approved by the Council for this purpose and have fulfilled such other conditions as the Bylaws prescribe.

Visiting Members:       
shall be qualified architects who are in Uganda for not more than three (3) years and have fulfilled such conditions as the Bylaws prescribe.

Honorary Members: 
shall be persons whom the Council of the Society  may from time to time recommend to the Annual General Meeting for honorary membership of the Society due to their outstanding contribution towards the furtherance of the objectives of the Society.  Such Members may participate in the activities of the Society but shall not vote at its meetings.

By virtue of the membership, every member of the Society shall automatically be bound by this Constitution and its Bye-Laws and Rules of the Society.

Election to Membership
Application for membership shall be made to the Honorary Secretary on the Societys prescribed Application Form.  Admission to membership shall be by a simple majority vote of the voting members of the Council present at the meeting.  In the event of any rejection of membership, the Council shall give reasons in writing to the applicant.