Careers

Our courses equip graduates to contribute across the breath of the landscape profession. Though many choose to focus on design, others progress to specialise in landscape ecology, strategic planning and policy, or undertake higher level academic research.

Some landscape architects will focus on local, community-based projects and others work internationally. Projects can range from large-scale urban and countryside planning to small-scale design in parks or city centres.

Demand for graduates is high, and there are opportunities in private sector consultancies, community development agencies, local authorities and national government. Increasingly, there is international recruitment of Landscape Architects, and we have graduates working in many countries, including Australia, US, South East Asia and the Middle East. Sheffield students are keenly sought after by the profession. Practitioners make a point of visiting the end of year degree shows and also write directly to the department advertising their vacancies.

In the past, landscape was often marginalised in development decisions, and many schemes show the problems of giving insufficient attention to outdoor space. But policies and practices are changing, and the importance of outdoor space, and how it contributes to successful places, is increasingly acknowledged. At Sheffield, we believe landscape should be at the centre of creating, regenerating and conserving urban and rural environments. We aim to produce graduates who are confident in working alongside other professions and can ensure that landscape is a prime consideration. Our degrees are based on solving real-world problems that require landscape considerations to be designed into the solutions from the outset.