Courses

We offer a choice of courses for students interested in Landscape Architecture:

• MLA Landscape Architecture - a five year integrated masters with a choice of specialist modules in landscape ecology or landscape planning. You'll be eligible to apply for undergraduate funding and access University services and student rebates during all five years of this course.
• BA Landscape Architecture - a three year undergraduate degree with specialist modules in landscape planning. This can be followed by an independent year-in-practice and a postgraduate Masters in Professional Landscape Architecture. You will write a dissertation in your postgraduate year.
• BSc Landscape Architecture - a three year undergraduate degree with specialist modules in landscape ecology. This can be followed by an independent year-in-practice and a postgraduate Masters in Professional Landscape Architecture. You will write a dissertation in your postgraduate year.

All three courses are accredited by the Landscape Institute. Completion enables students to apply for licentiate membership of the Landscape Institute and start their Pathway to Chartership.

Single honours courses

Dual honours courses

We also offer, in partnership with the School of Architecture, the only fully accredited dual degree in Architecture and Landscape in the UK.

Foundation year

We also offer a degrees in Landscape Architecture with a Foundation Year BA and MLA, in partnership with the Department for Lifelong Learning, specially designed for mature learners who have been out of formal education for an extended period of time.

Landscape Architecture with a Foundation Year MLA

Link to prospectus listing to follow shortly

Study abroad

International study

Landscape students can only go abroad for one semester; the first semester of the third or fifth year.

Study abroad partner universities

What our students say

You can come at Landscape Architecture from so many angles; that's what makes it such an interesting profession

Abel McLinden Landscape Architecture BSc

Abel was torn between studying Geography or Architecture at university. He found Landscape Architecture to be the perfect middle ground.

You feel like you can have a lasting impact on an area and the people who live there

Amy Lagnado Landscape Architecture BA

Amy didn't see herself as a creative person, but her degree taught her that everyone has an artistic streak in them.

The Arts Tower studio gives a real buzz to the course

Martin Lee Landscape Architecture BA, MLA

In school, Martin was always encouraged to push and pursue creative boundaries. While studying at Sheffield, he has gained invaluable experience of sharing his own ideas with clients and staff.

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