Landscape Architecture - MLA
Master
In Edinburgh
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Edinburgh (Scotland)
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Duration
Flexible
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Start date
Different dates available
Landscape architects plan and design spaces and places. They work across a diverse range of environments, from urban to rural, and at scales ranging from the garden to the region.
As a landscape architect, you’ll join a chartered profession regulated by the Landscape Institute in the UK and recognised internationally.
Study the MLA in Landscape Architecture at ECA and you’ll fast track your way to the starting point of Pathway to Chartership, the Landscape Institute’s professional exam, or its international equivalent, in just 21 months.
Joining one of the UK’s most respected programmes, you’ll develop an understanding of materials, technology, cultural and natural processes, enabling you to design functional and sustainable environments with identity.
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About this course
You’ll complete a professionally accredited programme in just 21 months, ready to begin the Landscape Institute’s Pathway to Chartership immediately.
You’ll draw upon the expertise of leading researchers and practitioners in Landscape Architecture.
In the past six years, our students have won the Landscape Institute’s Portfolio Prize on four occasions, and the Dissertation Prize three times.
Our flexible course structure means that you will have the opportunity to tailor a study programme to suit your own specific interests and experience.
You’ll join a programme which is international in outlook and take advantage of opportunities to undertake design courses using European or international sites.
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Subjects
- Landscape Architecture
- Architecture
- Landscape
- Ast track
- Demonstrate
- Creative flair
- Ecology
- Planning
- Geography
- Architecture Planning
Course programme
If you’re a recent graduate, or a professional who would like to develop a career in landscape architecture, this fast track programme is for you.
Most likely, you’ll have a design background or be able to demonstrate some creative flair; you may have an undergraduate degree in Landscape Architecture or in a related subject such as geography, planning or ecology.
What’s critical is that you’re passionate about improving the environment for the benefit of people and nature.
How will you be taught?Gaining experience and developing practical skillsYou’ll work on a series of design projects tutored in the studio, often on a one-to-one basis.
These site-based projects are frequently set overseas and will become increasingly complex as the programme progresses.
A unique settingYou’ll discover that Edinburgh is a unique and exciting centre for Landscape Architecture.
Within a short distance, the relatively undeveloped areas of the Scottish Highlands and the Borders illustrate different problems, opportunities and solutions for Landscape Architects.
Landscape Architecture - MLA