Course summary
Explore landscape architecture and understand how to design solutions that address our environmental challenges from climate change to biodiversity loss. We believe in bringing out the best in our students. We’ll teach you to become creative, perceptive and bold landscape architects improving our environment for future generations. As part of this course, you’ll:
- Explore your creativity, spatial design skills and your individual approach to develop a passion for landscape design
- Gain the practical skills required to become an effective landscape architect, from nature-based solutions and retro-fitting our cities, to health and wellbeing and the radical changes needed in our rural landscapes
- Study in a supportive environment in well-equipped studios in the vibrant city of Leeds. You’ll be taught by staff from diverse backgrounds with experience from landscape practice and research
- Develop your environmental ethics and values through sharing ideas, teamworking and collaborating on live projects that mimic professional practice
- Expand your knowledge by studying the theories that shape the practice of landscape architecture
- Build the essential tools for employment in the expanding landscape architecture sector
- Landscapeinstitute.org
- Chooselandscape.org
- 93% of students were positive about the teaching on BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture & Design*
- Close links to landscape and architecture practices
- Opportunity to showcase your designs and network with potential employers through the End of Year Show
- Join an academic community that has been teaching landscape architecture for more than 50 years
- Tutors with extensive professional experience networks
Modules
Year 1 Core Modules:
- Exploring Place
- Introduction to Spatial Design
- Reading the Landscape
- Designing for People & Place
- Design with Materials
- Planting for the Future
- Resilient Rural Landscapes
- Impact of Design
- City Landscapes: Nature Based Solutions
- Creating Distinctive Places
- Material, Management & Sustainability
- Landscape: Culture & Theory
- Design & Community 1: Engagement & Vision
- Design & Community 2: Resolution & Detail
- Landscape Futures: Project Research
- Landscape Futures: Placemaking
How to apply
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
Please select a course option – you will then see the application code you need to use to apply for the course.
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 120 points
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Additional entry requirements
Portfolio
We will email suitable candidates to request a digital portfolio. You will be provided with a brief on how to create the digital portfolio and the required portfolio elements.
Other
As part of our admissions process suitable applicants will be invited to attend a Leeds School of Arts Professional Development Session. Why? Because we want to invest in YOU! This is an opportunity to use our fantastic facilities, meet the academic staff who will teach you, and meet students you will study with. You will also take part in taster sessions, specific to your area of study, all of which will help strengthen your professional skills.
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
Leeds Beckett University
City Campus
Leeds
LS1 3HE