The postgraduate school exists next to the technical universities that offer both undergraduate and graduate programs in architecture.

In 1908 the Academy of Architecture Amsterdam was set up by prominent members of the association Architectura et Amicitia as a department of the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten.

so the curriculum was created by both Willem Kromhout of Architectura et Amicitia and the director of the Rijksakademie, Antoon Derkinderen.

The first educational programme was composed by Willem Kromhout and Antoon Derkinderen, the director of the Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten.

Because of this dual programme graduates have fulfilled the necessary experience in practice to become a chartered architect in the Netherlands.