Landscape Architecture, Master of (MLA)

Overview

Our Master of Landscape Architecture is an innovative studio-based conversion course, for graduates from any discipline who wish to pursue careers in landscape architecture. The course is fully accredited with the Landscape Institute.

In our studio learning we focus on a series of principles that envisage landscape architecture as a conduit for planetary health and well-being, and social and eco-justice. Those principles build on one another and are threaded by art and ecology which are intertwined in the practice of Landscape Architecture.

Our studios are innovative, playful, and experimental, and cover topics such as multispecies design and interagency. Our studio learning is designed to prepare the next generation of landscape architects. Studio learning is supported and expanded by landscape theory modules and field work geared towards reading and writing landscapes for resilient futures.

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Your course and study experience - disclaimers and terms and conditions

Please rest assured we make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the programmes, services and facilities described. However, it may be necessary to make changes due to significant disruption, for example in response to Covid-19.

View our Academic experience page, which gives information about your Newcastle University study experience for the academic year 2024-25.

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Your future

Through our international research, practice collaborations and partnerships, you'll connect with professional landscape practitioners. They will support your transition into landscape architecture jobs.

A wide variety of local practices and organisations also take part in guest lectures, guided site visits and studio teaching.

Our annual exhibitions attract many practitioners who engage with students and their work. We also facilitate internships, part-time jobs, and will support you with portfolio workshops and mock interviews.

Many of our graduates have found jobs locally and nationally shortly after graduation, building a network of landscape practitioners.

Our courses also lead to further study, such as PhDs, and academic careers.

Our Careers Service

Our Careers Service is one of the largest and best in the country, and we have strong links with employers. 

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