Landscape Architecture

Entry requirements

Applicants should either have at least a second class honours degree supported by evidence of an aptitude for the subject applied for, or have equivalent experience or training, normally from within the work environment.

All applicants will be required to submit a portfolio of creative work related to the course for consideration as part of the application process. Applicants who have completed the BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture degree at Leeds Beckett in the last five years will not be required to submit a portfolio.

Applicants who have completed our Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture will be considered for advanced entry and will only need to complete a further 60 level 7 credit points.

Months of entry

January, September

Course content

Prepare for a rewarding career
Landscape architecture can help address the recovery of nature, health and wellbeing and social inequality, making our cities better places to live. On this accredited course, you’ll explore techniques which will help you become a creative and reflective designer, primed to start a rewarding career in this dynamic field.

As part of this course, you’ll:

• Understand our natural and cultural environment to produce landscapes at a range of scales, responsive to aesthetic, ecological, social and technical requirements
• Develop the skills to provide original and practical responses to biodiversity loss and climate change
• Gain a critical understanding of the nature, scope and role of landscape architecture in a changing world. This will include the landscape architect’s role in the profession, together with an appreciation of environmental and ethical aspects
• Critically evaluate materials, processes and techniques that apply to landscape architecture. You’ll learn to integrate these into design proposals sensitively and appreciate the implications affecting landscape over time
• Build a critical understanding of how knowledge is advanced through research and practice
• Produce an original portfolio work relating to landscape architecture
• Discover opportunities to respond to environmental challenges facing today's landscape architects through live projects, collaboration and competitions