This is a design based career conversion/ development course at Masters level, for anyone who has a passion for landscape architecture, but the first degree in any other subject. It brings together ‘conversion’ modules of the postgraduate diploma, with modules from the MA taken by those holding an undergraduate landscape degree, combined into a ‘straight through’ program for direct entry to the UK profession at Licentiate status.

MA Professional Landscape Architecture with conversion
Modules
Year 1
- Landscape Architecture: Foundations of Theory and Contexts (core)
- Landscape Architecture: Foundations of Theory, Practice & Professional Life (core)
- Landscape Architecture: Basic Tools & Principles of Design (core)
- Landscape Architecture: Essential Tools & Principles of Design (core)
Year 2
- Landscape Architecture: Professional Practice, Professional Life (core)
- Landscape Architecture: Advanced Tools & Complexity in Design 1 (core)
- Landscape Architecture: Theory and Contexts (core)
- Landscape Architecture: Advanced Tools & Complexity in Design 2 (core)
- Landscape Architecture: Thesis (core)
Part-time – modules above arranged across up to four academic years in agreement with the program lead. It is possible to switch between part-time and full-time modes.
Employability:
Our School has links with a range of professional practices and will give you invaluable experience of working collaboratively with other disciplines, on live projects, and with professionals in a practice setting. Our Masters in Professional Landscape Architecture (Conversion) will set you on the path to a rewarding and exciting career in landscape architecture. All of our postgraduate landscape courses have full accreditation from the Landscape Institute and provide the necessary qualifications to allow registration on the Landscape Institute’s Pathway to Chartership.
Key Facts
Requirements
- Minimum 2.1 Honours in any subject.
- We would normally expect you to have Grade C in GCSE English and Maths.
- Overall IELTS 6.0 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in writing and speaking, and 5.5 in listening and reading(or recognized equivalent).
Duration options
2 years
4 years
Fees and Applying
EU/Home – Tuition Fees:
- Full-time: £5,000 (UK/EU)
- Year 1 (120 credits) – £5,000
- Year 2 (180 credits) – £7,500
- Part-time: £1,250 (UK/EU)
International –
- Tuition Fees: £9,000 (UK/EU)
- Year 1 (120 credits) – £9,000
- Year 2 (180 credits) – £13,500



