Established in 1930, the college is one of the first architectural schools in the Philippines.

It is also one of the only 2 to be proclaimed as a Center of Excellence in Architecture by the Commission on Higher Education and a consistent yop performing school in the Philippine Architecture Licensure Examination.

The college was housed in the Roque Ruaño building which it shared with the Faculty of Engineering.

It later moved in the new Beato Angelico building, together with the College of Fine Arts and Design.

[2] The College has produced numerous men and women of the arts that gradually helped shaped Philippine Arts and Architecture.