The AIA Center for Emerging Professionals (CEP) is the authoritative voice and resource for architecture students, recent graduates and newly licensed architects. Whether you’re seeking information on licensing or testing, job prospects, leadership opportunities or entrepreneurial issues, the CEP is the place to start. Here you’ll find: opportunities for volunteering with the National Associates Committee and Young Architects Forum, gaining leadership training and showcasing your work before leading architects and designers; information about advocating for your value in the profession; connections to 91,000+ AIA members and hundreds of AIA chapters; and resources and education to help you do your best work. Together, we ensure the success of architecture’s next generation. We provide a forum to address firm culture, student debt and other topics.