Architecture, Landscape and Urbanism, MSc

How you will learn
This section helps you understand more about how you'll learn based on standard delivery of teaching and learning on campus.

However, as a response to COVID-19 we are currently operating a 'blended model' of teaching and learning (except for distance-learning courses). This means a combination of face-to-face sessions on our campuses with online lectures. There is additional support for any students who are unable to attend campus because they are ill or shielding. We'll continue to offer blended learning to all our students, in line with government guidelines, for as long as we are advised to. If government or local authority rules require it, we may be limited to offering online-only learning but will return to blended learning as soon as we are safely able to do so.

Some MSc Architecture, Landscape and Urbanism graduates work in architecture, landscape architecture or urban design practice. Other graduates have joined government design and planning offices to develop urban strategies and policy. Some graduates have also followed further studies through doctorate research.

The School of Design has an Employability Officer for postgraduates to consult about career opportunities relevant to the course. They work closely with professionals in industry to ensure you are well-prepared for the workplace and have already begun to build your professional network by the time you graduate.

The central Employability and Careers Service also provides support for students preparing to apply for placements and graduate roles, such as CV clinics, mock interviews and employability skills workshops.

You should have an honours degree at 2:1 or above in architecture, landscape architecture, planning or a related discipline. Exceptionally, we will consider applicants from geography, ecology and social sciences.

You'll explore conditions of contemporary urbanism and employ advanced design techniques to develop speculative strategies and interventions.
Address the critical conditions of contemporary cities, such as extreme environmental events, shifting economic agendas, and the transformations to urban infrastructures.
Undertake research visits to London’s art galleries (The Tate, ICA), museums (British Museum) and important landscapes (Kew Gardens, Royal Park Greenwich, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park).
You're encouraged to attend field-study visits abroad (recently in Istanbul and New York) to inform design projects.