Courses

Our undergraduate courses are unique in combining a broad training in landscape architecture with specialist modules in ecology and planning.

Landscape Architecture undergraduate work

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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

Landscape Architecture MLA

/ September start

A Levels ABB

UCAS code K310

Specialise in ecology or planning as part of this five-year integrated masters course which includes one year working in a professional landscape practice.

Landscape Architecture BA

/ September start

A Levels ABB

UCAS code K3K4

The aim of this course is to train landscape architects who understand planning and how design proposals affect the environment. You'll study urban theory, planning and practice, and the complex relationship between people and the environment.

Landscape Architecture BSc

/ September start

A Levels ABB

UCAS code KC39

This course aims to educate landscape architects who have a more in-depth understanding of ecology and habitat creation. If you enjoy subjects related to biology or environmental sciences, or have a keen interest in the natural world, this course will equip you to combine a more detailed appreciation of ecological processes and how they work within the designed landscape.

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.

Architecture and Landscape BA

/ September start

A Levels AAA

UCAS code KK13

Gain two professional qualifications, in architecture and landscape architecture, with this unique three year honours degree. The dual degree course is an exciting and challenging programme which explores the integrated design of buildings and the wider landscape environment.

Dual honours

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

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Landscape Architecture with Foundation Year BA

The foundation year of this programme provides students with non-standard entry qualifications a thorough and supportive academic preparation for successful degree level study in the Department of Landscape Architecture.

Start: September 2022
Duration: 4 years
UCAS code: K3K5

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

Abel McLinden

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.

Amy Lagnado

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.

Martin Lee

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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