Landscape Architecture, Master of

Landscape Architecture is constantly evolving to respond to the climate and biodiversity emergency, to acknowledge diverse approaches to the practice of landscape, and to make it inclusive to all.

Our two-year Landscape Architecture MLA is a fully accredited course for graduates of Landscape Architecture and closely related disciplines.

Prepare yourself with the skills needed for your future as a landscape architect, covering topics such as multispecies design and interagency.

Develop systematic knowledge and understanding of landscape architecture and its connection with planning and architecture.

Learn in our innovative, playful, and experimental studios as well as through field work geared towards reading and writing landscapes for resilient futures.

Focus on a series of principles that regard landscape architecture as a conduit for planetary health, well-being, and social and eco-justice. Those principles build on one another, alongside the integration of art and ecology.

Our design thesis studios treat landscape design as both a process of research and experimentation and as a valid method of inquiry.

Throughout the course, we collaborate with other programmes at the school, such as the BA in Architecture and Urban Planning and the Master of Urban Design. We also collaborate with other schools, and in the past, have carried out workshops with Music Composition students.

You may also want to consider our one-year Landscape Architecture MA programme

Develop your understanding of landscape architecture and its relationship to planning and architecture.

Our Landscape Architecture programmes are taught as an evolving practice that:

• responds to the climate and biodiversity emergency
• embraces diverse ways of knowing and shaping landscapes, and
• supports inclusive access to landscape

Studio learning is central to the programme, framing landscape architecture as a tool for planetary health, wellbeing, and social and ecological justice.

Art and ecology feature heavily within an innovative, playful, and experimental studio culture. Here we explore themes such as multispecies design, interagency, and design as research.

Studio work is supported by theory modules, fieldwork, and interdisciplinary collaboration across the University.

On our programme you'll learn:

• Core principles, theories and practices of contemporary landscape architecture
• Design strategies responding to climate change, biodiversity loss and social justice
• Landscape design as research, experimentation and critical enquiry
• Creative, analytical and representational skills across scales
• How to read, interpret and write landscapes through fieldwork and theory
• Collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches to design practice

Our diverse research and practice experience informs our teaching, with many opportunities for you to become a co-researcher on a variety of projects.

You can also get involved in the University-wide Centre of Landscape Research Excellence

We also welcome short-term international exchanges. For example, in the past with the Institute of Landscape Architecture at BOKU Vienna for an experimental global design studio.

You'll also work on live projects with local practitioners and organisations. Here you'll gain invaluable skills and networks for the future careers.

Fieldwork is a key component of our course and fieldtrips take place throughout the year.

Newcastle is uniquely placed to study urban, rural, and coastal landscapes. As a post-industrial city, it's always evolving, with professionals driving change within the city and for you to interact with.

The North East coastline is also on our doorstep, providing the opportunity to study coastal habitats and their communities.

Further afield, Northumberland National Park is home to England’s cleanest rivers, clearest air, and darkest skies. Our region provides a unique setting for field work and a wide range of research projects.