Sit the BORAQS professional exams (architects and quantity surveyors)
Board of Registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors · sources read 2 Oct 2026
Apply through the BORAQS portal when the yearly exam notice opens, with 24 months of postgraduate experience, two referee letters and your fees paid to the BORAQS bank account. Fees are KSh 3,000 to process plus KSh 15,000 per paper.
- Fee
- KSh 3,000Application processing (non-refundable)KSh 15,000Paper IKSh 15,000Paper IIKSh 15,000Paper III (orals)KSh 20,000Re-sit
- Where
- Online on the BORAQS portal (boraqs.or.ke/registered/login). Office: Transcom House Annex, Ngong Road, Nairobi
What you need
- Copy of your Kenyan ID or passport
- Academic certificates and transcripts, certified by the institution that issued them
- Official letters from your past and current employers confirming your work period and projects
- Letters from two registered supervisors or trainers, with their BORAQS registration numbers and signatures
- Proof you have basic safety gear: reflector jacket, helmet, safety boots and gloves
Steps
- Sign up for the BORAQS practical e-logbook and keep your supervisor's endorsements up to date while you train.
- Pay the processing and exam fees to the BORAQS account at National Bank, Hill Branch, or by banker's cheque, and get the receipt in your own name.
- When the yearly notice opens, log in to the BORAQS portal and submit the application with all documents before the deadline.
- Attend all the trainings the Board runs before the exams.
Watch out
- Applications open once a year. The 2026 window closed on 13 March 2026, so watch for the next notice.
- Any missing document can get you disqualified, so check everything before you submit.
- You and your trainer must each own the Architects or Quantity Surveyors Manual, sold at the BORAQS office.
Who can apply
- Architecture and quantity surveying graduates from recognised universities with at least 24 months of approved postgraduate experience.
- You must already be a member in good standing of an approved professional association.
Official sources (3)
- Professional Examinations: Summary of Requirements for Year 2026 Applicants boraqs.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Press Notice: Professional Examinations for Graduate Architects and Graduate Quantity Surveyors (Year 2026 applicants) boraqs.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026
- Board of Registration of Architects and Quantity Surveyors (BORAQS) boraqs.go.ke · read 2 Oct 2026