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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Programme Structure

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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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 21 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-14 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-29 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English 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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Tuition Fees

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32000 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

13700 GBP / year

≈ 13700 GBP / year

Living costs

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

725 - 1167 GBP / month

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

Funding

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Key information

Duration

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Disciplines

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