Overview
Landscape Architecture is a design discipline that gives you the skills to contribute to a more sustainable and just future for all.
If you are a creative person who cares deeply about the living planet and the environment that surrounds you, this programme will empower you to imagine and enact the change you want to see.
Our professionally accredited, two-year, full-time post-graduate Master’s in Landscape Architecture (MLA) programme is open to students from a range of academic and professional backgrounds who want to develop their own socially and environmentally aware design practice.
Career opportunities
Graduates of the Landscape Architecture course at The University of Edinburgh are sought after by landscape architecture design practices in Scotland, the UK and beyond, with very high employment rates, often working in leading design studios.
We support you in moving towards the type of landscape-related practice you are passionate about. Beyond landscape architectural design studios, your landscape architectural skillset can also be deployed in other contexts, including:
- planning
- landscape advocacy
- policy writing
- conservation and rewilding
- environmental activism
- community engagement
- landscape-related art practice
- research
Examples of organisations our graduates work at or are affiliated with include:
- Connecting Threads, an ambitious cultural project in the River Tweed
- Glasgow and Edinburgh City Councils
- Harvard University Graduate School of Design
- NatureScot, Scotland’s Nature Agency
- Trees for Life, a charity working to rewild the Scottish Highlands
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- SUSTRANS, Scotland’s Active Travel charity
Accreditation
This programme is professionally accredited by the Landscape Institute.
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Courses include:
- Situating landscape architectural theory
- Landscape architecture design: Context and Grounding
- Landscape architecture techniques: Material Knowledge and Detailed Design
- Landscape architecture techniques: Ground-Works and Construction Design
- Landscape Architecture Design: Terrain & Ecologies
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Duration
- Full-time
- 21 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
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Campus Location
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in a relevant subject such as landscape architecture, architecture, design, art, geography, planning, ecology and horticulture.
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Applies to youCitizens or residents13700 GBP / year≈ 13700 GBP / year
Living costs
Edinburgh
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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