Master of Landscape Architecture

Collaborate alongside celebrated practitioners and leading urban design experts.

The Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) program at UTS is an accredited professional degree. It  provides students with the opportunity to collaborate alongside celebrated practitioners from award-winning international design studios and leading experts in the area of urban design.

The work is original and … at the highest level of pedagogic innovation and much admired. The representation of issues is undertaken with flair and the work was beautifully presented.

– Praise from the prestigious Barcelona Biennale

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How does Landscape Architecture shape our future cities?

As students you will engage in a range of projects that are based upon the big questions that face global contemporary cities and landscapes: urban densification, climate change, declining resource supply (land, food and water) and the loss of biological diversity through ecological fragmentation and habitat destruction.

Engage with landscape industry professionals

Working in practice-based studios, students have the opportunity to collaborate with practitioners and experts in the area of urban landscape design.

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Build on your specialist knowledge

Master of Landscape Architecture students will graduate with a range of advocacy, political  and professional agency, project management and financial skills in order tackle contemporary issues in local and global contexts.

Your career in landscape

By building advanced specialist knowledge, UTS students graduate with a range of advocacy, political and professional agency, project management and financial skills to tackle contemporary issues in local and global contexts. Graduates from the Master of Landscape Architecture will have a range of career options such as: landscape architect, urban designer, researcher, land management professional, regional planner, educator, and policymaker.

Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture 

The Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture at UTS are pathways for entry into the MLA for students with a non-landscape background. However, because of their flexibility they are also particularly suitable for mid- career professionals who want to enhance their skills or refine their career path. Student’s curate their curriculum choosing from a core Design Studio supplemented by a diverse range of subjects offered in the program, supported by access to our digital labs and extensive workshop facilities.

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Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.