Tropical Journal of the Built Environment (TJOBE) Vol. 3 No. 1 June 2022 138 Influence of School Based and Personal Factors on the Academic Performance of Architecture Undergraduates at Ahmadu Bello University, Kaduna State, Nigeria David Ileza Adamu 1 *, Joy Joshua Maina 2 , Murtala Muhammad Salihu 3 4 1,2,3 Department of Architecture, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 4 Department of Educational Foundations and Curriculum, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria *Correspondence email: dalestic12@gmail.com Abstract Educators are becoming more involved in identifying the factors that influence student achievement. Many factors influence students' academic achievement, and the study of these factors has piqued the attention of the higher education community. Therefore, failure to understand these elements could stymie the educational system and increase failure rates. This study investigates personal or school-based factors that most influence academic performance for architecture undergraduate students Ahmadu Bello University. The analysis indicated that passion or interest for architecture (M 4.24), attending lectures (4.14), cost of materials for among the personal based variables. Among the school-based variables include quality of natural light in studio (3.92), quality of air in studio (3.74) and power supply (3.74) were the most influential. A paired samples T-test comparing scores of both categories of factors revealed a significant difference between mean values of the two groups, implying that personal factors (M 3.42) influence academic performance more than school-based factors (M3.17). Consequently, it is recommended that the Architecture students need to go through proper orientation, personal contact, encouragement and mentoring by all academic staff. The department also needs to liaise with the Guidance and Counselling unit to boost morale of students. Professionals in practice also have a role to play especially with the internet meetings, seminars, scholarships and study grant for students who might have difficulty with academic funding. Furthermore, it is also recommended that the studio be revitalised in order to encourage better academic performance. The result indicated that the personal and school- based factors had an overall mean value of 3.4151 and 3.170, respectively. However, the paired variables had a significant value of 0.00. Therefore, the study confirmed that there was a significant difference in the factors that influence students' academic performance. Keywords: Academic performance, Architecture Undergraduates, Personal factors, School- based factors Introduction In This 21th century period of globalisation academic performance is perceived to be of tremendous importance for the overall development of any nation (Duwal & Khonju, 2021) performance in this context is the extent to which students achieve the desired educational goals and objectives (Okoye et al., 2021) considered by employers in hiring workers, especially for fresh graduates (Mohamed et al., 2018). According to Maina & Ibrahim, (2019) achievement or performance generally refers to attainment of set learning objectives, satisfaction with completing academic activities, acquisition of desired