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Landscape Architecture & Design at Leeds Beckett University - UCAS

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Leeds Beckett University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

Course summary

Design spaces to bring people closer to nature. You'll reimagine cities and tackle our planet's environmental challenges on this landscape architecture degree. From city parks and green streets to rural spaces, waterfronts, and urban places, landscape architecture shapes the way we experience and interact with the world outside. If you want a course where creativity meets purpose, this is it. On this Landscape Architecture & Design degree, you'll be based in creative city-centre studios and dedicated landscape facilities. This is where your ideas become places that matter. You'll design for real people, real environments, and real challenges. The climate crisis. Biodiversity. Urban life. Wellbeing. Our changing countryside. As part of this landscape architecture course, you'll:

  • Explore how nature, people, and cities connect
  • Develop creative, technical, and digital design skills by sketching, modelling, planting, and testing your ideas
  • Dive into modules covering the theory, history, and design principles that underpin landscape architecture
  • Design with sustainability, ecology, and climate-positive thinking at the core
  • Tackle social and environmental challenges through studio projects and live briefs
  • Build your confidence and refine your own design identity
Find out more... Design the future Landscape architecture looks beyond the visual. It's also about how spaces function. You'll explore how outdoor environments can improve lives, support nature, and respond to a changing planet. On this course, you'll learn to use design as a tool for positive impact. Get ready to make an impact By the time you graduate, you'll know the change your ideas can create, and where they could take you next. This course is accredited by the Landscape Institute, giving you a recognised route into the profession and a strong foundation for a career as a landscape architect. Bring the outdoors to life On this landscape architecture course, you'll dig into what makes places come alive. You'll create experiences, not just designs, and discover how smart ideas can tackle social, climate, and environmental challenges head on. Learn by doing You'll spend your time in our dynamic studios. Making. Testing. Refining. Through a combination of drawing, model-making, and digital tools, you'll bring ideas to life. You'll also use our dedicated Landscape Resource Centre to gain hands-on experience with plants, habitats, and ecological design - something many landscape design courses don't offer. Collaborate like a professional At Leeds School of Architecture, collaboration with your peers is key. You'll work alongside future architects, interior designers, and urban thinkers, just like professionals do in practice. Guest speakers, site visits, live projects, and exhibitions will provide insight into the industry and the chance to showcase your work. Why study the BA Landscape Architecture & Design course at Leeds Beckett University?
  • 93% of students were positive about the teaching on BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture & Design*
  • A strong legacy in landscape education - Leeds School of Architecture has nearly 60 years of experience inspiring and shaping future landscape professionals
  • Learn by doing - our hands-on studio culture and dedicated Landscape Resource Centre enable you to gain specialist landscape skills
  • Collaborative studio culture - learn and collaborate with architecture and interior architecture students to mirror real-world design practices
  • Stay connected with industry - you'll learn from practising landscape architects, take part in live projects, and showcase your work to potential employers
*National Student Survey 2025

Modules

BAH Architecture & BAH Interior Architecture (placements issues) I would keep the caveat on for a few more months if there is one. BAH Landscape Architecture - not received final docs conditions currently not met MA Architecture - not received final docs conditions currently not met MSc/PG Dip Biomechanics has met conditions I sent an email last week confirming validation - let me know if you need me to recirculate this Year 1 Core Modules:

  • Histories & Theories 1
  • Materials & Ecologies 1
  • Design Projects 1
  • Histories & Theories 2
  • Materials & Ecologies 2
  • Design Projects 2
Year 2 Core Modules:
  • Landscape Studio: Resilient Rural Landscapes
  • Landscape Studio: Landscape Studio: Impact of Design
  • Landscape Technology: Material, Management & Sustainability
  • Landscape Studio: City Landscapes: Nature Based Solutions
  • Landscape Studio: Creating Distinctive Places
  • Landscape Context: Landscape: Culture & Theory
Year 3 Core Modules:
  • Landscape Studio: Design & Community 1: Engagement & Vision
  • Landscape Studio: Design & Community 2: Resolution & Detail
  • Landscape Context: Project Report
  • Landscape Studio: Landscape Futures: Placemaking
- Professional Context: Professional profile

How to apply

14Jan

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

Course code:
K312
Institution code:
L27
Campus name:
City CampusC
Campus code:
C

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

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

Our commitment to your creativity We ask all successful applicants to attend an on campus session with Leeds School of Arts. 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.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9250 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9250 Year 1
Scotland £9250 Year 1
Wales £9250 Year 1

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

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Landscape Architecture & Design at Leeds Beckett University - UCAS