In Singapore, it is against the low to call oneself an architect if they are not registered with the Board of Architects. There are no clear guidelines to what a fresh graduate should call themselves on the internet.
After an enquiry with BOA, the four recommended titles are as follows:
Architectural Assistant
Architectural Graduate
Architectural Associate
Architectural Coordinator
The four recommended titles sound like a property agent, project manager or draftsperson. I can understand the value of the name architect as a profession being diluted with other industries borrowing it. Just do a search for architect in an online job agency and you’ll find a whole list of jobs in other sectors.
If a computer programmer can call themselves a Systems Architect and a ship builder a Naval Architect, could someone with a degree in architecture call themselves a Graduate Architect? Architectural makes it sound quite distant from Architect. It’s more like someone who is more closely involved in the supply or construction of buildings. I guess that’s an additional motivation to register with the board.