Study postgraduate landscape architecture
Three reasons to study Landscape Architecture at UTS
1. Driven by creativity
As a young school of landscape architecture at an established university, we recognise tradition while challenging the status quo. Our courses will prepare you to be agile, curious, and driven by creativity. You’ll learn to master new design techniques, work with green infrastructures, imagine environmental futures, and develop a willingness to take risks in both your thinking and practice..
2. Technology-inspired learning
Few things have disrupted the field of landscape architecture like the emergence of advanced technologies. You’ll learn to deploy everything from drones to AI in order to interrogate, depict, and revitalise the landscapes around you. From collecting and analysing data to enabling new ways of drawing, our tech-informed learning approach will keep you ahead of the curve.
3. A globally relevant course
UTS Landscape Architecture was named one of the top three global landscape architecture schools at the prestigious 2021 Barcelona Biennial.* This accolade was based on a showcase of student ‘climate stories’ that demonstrated the use of alternative landscape methodologies to challenge existing climate narratives. These projects encapsulate the broader UTS landscape architecture ethos: pushing the boundaries of the profession, championing new ways of thinking and doing, and charting new directions in the face of an uncertain future.
* Honourable mention, International Landscape Schools Award, International Biennial of Landscape Architecture of Barcelona, 2021.
Postgraduate courses in Landscape Architecture
Master of Landscape Architecture
Come face to face with the big questions of contemporary landscape architecture with this professionally accredited master’s degree. You’ll explore pressing issues such as urban densification, climate change, declining resource supply, and the loss of biological diversity through ecological fragmentation and habitat destruction. In response, you’ll learn to develop innovative solutions that combine theory, practice, and technological innovation. You’ll also explore contemporary landscape methodologies; get hands-on experience with artificial intelligence, drones, and other technologies shaping the profession; and engage with a vast range of practice-based studios in which you’ll examine the critical role of landscape in the cities of the future.
A landscape architecture career is about more than just technical skill. Alongside discipline-specific expertise, you’ll develop a range of advocacy, political, and professional agency capabilities, as well as project management and financial skills that will prepare you to respond to contemporary landscape challenges in local and global contexts.
Which masters degree is for me?
Depending on your previous experience, you can pursue a 1-, 2- or 3-year Master of Landscape Architecture.
| If you have a … | You can study … | Master’s degree structure* |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Honours) (4 years) | UTS Master of Landscape Architecture (1 year) | Master’s degree (2 sessions) |
| Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (3 years) | UTS Master of Landscape Architecture (2 years) | Master’s degree (4 sessions) |
| Bachelor’s degree in another discipline (3 years) | UTS Master of Landscape Architecture (3 years) | Graduate certificate (1 session) + Graduate diploma (1 session) + Master’s degree (4 sessions) |
* Course durations reflect full-time study. Part-time study options are also available.
Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture
The Graduate Certificate in Landscape Architecture and Graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture provide short, sharp learning experiences for mid-career professionals and offer entry into the profession for students from non-landscape backgrounds. Landscape architecture is a broad church: we welcome students from a vast range of disciplines and offer subjects appropriate to your level of expertise.
Graduate Certificate in Landscape Architecture
The Graduate Certificate in Landscape Architecture is comprised of 24 credit points of landscape architecture studios and professional electives. You can study full-time (1 session) or part-time (2 sessions) and exit with a graduate certificate or receive recognition of prior learning when you continue on to the Graduate Diploma or Master of Landscape Architecture.
Graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture
The Graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture is comprised of 48 credit points of landscape architecture studio and professional electives, including subjects on urbanism, ecology, botany, and more. You can study full-time (2 sessions) or part-time (4 sessions) and exit with a graduate diploma or receive recognition of prior learning when you continue on to the Master of Landscape Architecture.
If you’ve previously completed the Graduate Certificate in Landscape Architecture, you’ll only be required to complete 24 credit points of study, either full-time (1 session) or part-time (2 sessions).
