Overview

The intent of the Master of Landscape Architecture degree, offered by Cornell University, is to provide the foundational, historical, theoretical, technical, and skills-based grounding of the field of landscape architecture.

Rather than espousing a singular design philosophy or style, the department offers multiple perspectives on design, imparted through the studio course sequence. The required sequential nature of the studios offered throughout the student’s academic career at Cornell allows for each studio to build on the previous one with an ever-increasing degree of complexity and attention to detail.

Studio size is conducive to small group interaction among students and between students and faculty. A concentration focused on the student’s individual personal interests is also required. Both MLA paths allow the option of a design thesis, a capstone studio, or a written research thesis in the final semester of study.

Key Facts

Generating landscape designs at a variety of scales that address the complex cultural and natural systems at work on a site.

Developing basic graphic skills, both hand-drawing and computer applications, that are required of the contemporary landscape graduate at entry-level, minimally, but that position students to be immediately effective in communicating innovative designs;

Demonstrating knowledge of plant materials, including plant identification and the understanding of the physical and cultural characteristics of plants that determine their usefulness in the landscape;

Gaining insight into the professional skills and the roles of the Landscape Architect in practice, as well as the problems and/or opportunities encountered in real world situations;

Mastering the requisite technical skills (engineering and construction) necessary for the professional Landscape Architect;

Engaging scientific processes, such as landscape ecology, to a level that enables the student to work effectively with scientists and to translate their findings into design and communication with clients and other constituencies.

Advancing socially and environmentally responsible design by understanding that shaping the physical form of a community requires learning the social and cultural dynamics that foster sustainable landscape change.

Accreditation

Our graduate program complies with the requirements of three governing bodies: the New York State Education Department (NYSED), the Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB), and the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

The core of the degree program is the design studio that to fundamental design methodologies and they are asked to pursue and develop their design process and learn about research methodologies.

Supplemental courses in all other aspects of the field provide the information that will be synthesized in the studio to reinforce the design process and end result.

The studio is project based and exposes students to a wide array of landscape scales, types, contexts, and topical issues. The studio format entails lectures, demonstrations, field trips, readings, guest presentations, precedent study, one-on-one instruction, and group discourse.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-08 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

60 SCH

First Professional MLA - 90 Credits

Post Professional MLA - 60 Credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Ithaca, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

All applicants are required to submit two recommendations and a design portfolio. Applicants to two-year program should hold a bachelor's degree in architecture or landscape architecture from a recognized institution. Applicants with a bachelor's degree in an area other than architecture or landscape architecture should apply to the three-year program. A field brochure is available upon request from the graduate field office.

all Graduate School Requirements, including the TOEFL Exam or IELTS Academic Exam for non-native English applicants
two recommendations
portfolio

Tuition Fees

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46658 USD / year

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46658 USD / year

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46658 USD / year

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Living costs

Ithaca

United States

1128 - 2460 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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