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The University of Edinburgh: Landscape Architecture
| Institution | The University of Edinburgh View institution profile |
|---|---|
| Department | Edinburgh College of Art |
| Web | https://www.ed.ac.uk/studying |
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Summary
A PhD or MPhil in Landscape Architecture is for anyone who is keen to explore important aspects of the relationship between people and landscape.
You may have a background in landscape architecture or a neighbouring discipline with an interest in landscape. You may be on an academic path following directly from achieving a master degree or have spent time since then in work, and from your experience find yourself motivated to pursue research via the MPhil or PhD degree.
We offer supervision across a very wide range of research themes and topics. These span many countries, regions, historical and contemporary periods, and issues.
Areas of expertise include:
-
landscape design
-
planning and management practice
-
sustainable and resilient landscapes
-
landscape perception and experience
-
inclusive landscape design
-
the history and theory of landscape architecture
-
landscape architecture conservation
-
cultural landscapes
-
applications of digital technologies
Much, although not all, of our innovative research at Edinburgh College of Art is also associated with that undertaken by the OPENspace research centre, engaging with developing agendas linked to many of the UN sustainable development goals and the challenges facing people and the planet.
Our programme particularly focuses on the relationship between landscape and human health and wellbeing.
Themes pursued by past and current students linked to OPENspace research include:
-
the public realm
-
urban open space
-
blue and green space networks
-
children’s environments
-
sustainable, healthy environments
While most students are supervised by Landscape Architecture staff, there are also opportunities to be jointly supervised by staff from elsewhere in Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture or other schools or subject areas, depending on the subject and necessary expertise.
| Study type | Research |
|---|---|
| Level | SCQF Level 12 |
| Entry requirements | Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on our website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements. |
| Location | Edinburgh College of Art Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF |
Summary
A PhD or MPhil in Landscape Architecture is for anyone who is keen to explore important aspects of the relationship between people and landscape.
You may have a background in landscape architecture or a neighbouring discipline with an interest in landscape. You may be on an academic path following directly from achieving a master degree or have spent time since then in work, and from your experience find yourself motivated to pursue research via the MPhil or PhD degree.
We offer supervision across a very wide range of research themes and topics. These span many countries, regions, historical and contemporary periods, and issues.
Areas of expertise include:
-
landscape design
-
planning and management practice
-
sustainable and resilient landscapes
-
landscape perception and experience
-
inclusive landscape design
-
the history and theory of landscape architecture
-
landscape architecture conservation
-
cultural landscapes
-
applications of digital technologies
Much, although not all, of our innovative research at Edinburgh College of Art is also associated with that undertaken by the OPENspace research centre, engaging with developing agendas linked to many of the UN sustainable development goals and the challenges facing people and the planet.
Our programme particularly focuses on the relationship between landscape and human health and wellbeing.
Themes pursued by past and current students linked to OPENspace research include:
-
the public realm
-
urban open space
-
blue and green space networks
-
children’s environments
-
sustainable, healthy environments
While most students are supervised by Landscape Architecture staff, there are also opportunities to be jointly supervised by staff from elsewhere in Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture or other schools or subject areas, depending on the subject and necessary expertise.
| Study type | Research |
|---|---|
| Level | SCQF Level 12 |
| Entry requirements | Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on our website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements. |
| Location | Edinburgh College of Art Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF |
Summary
A PhD or MPhil in Landscape Architecture is for anyone who is keen to explore important aspects of the relationship between people and landscape.
You may have a background in landscape architecture or a neighbouring discipline with an interest in landscape. You may be on an academic path following directly from achieving a master degree or have spent time since then in work, and from your experience find yourself motivated to pursue research via the MPhil or PhD degree.
We offer supervision across a very wide range of research themes and topics. These span many countries, regions, historical and contemporary periods, and issues.
Areas of expertise include:
-
landscape design
-
planning and management practice
-
sustainable and resilient landscapes
-
landscape perception and experience
-
inclusive landscape design
-
the history and theory of landscape architecture
-
landscape architecture conservation
-
cultural landscapes
-
applications of digital technologies
Much, although not all, of our innovative research at Edinburgh College of Art is also associated with that undertaken by the OPENspace research centre, engaging with developing agendas linked to many of the UN sustainable development goals and the challenges facing people and the planet.
Our programme particularly focuses on the relationship between landscape and human health and wellbeing.
Themes pursued by past and current students linked to OPENspace research include:
-
the public realm
-
urban open space
-
blue and green space networks
-
children’s environments
-
sustainable, healthy environments
While most students are supervised by Landscape Architecture staff, there are also opportunities to be jointly supervised by staff from elsewhere in Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture or other schools or subject areas, depending on the subject and necessary expertise.
| Study type | Research |
|---|---|
| Level | SCQF Level 12 |
| Entry requirements | Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on our website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements. |
| Location | Edinburgh College of Art Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF |
Summary
A PhD or MPhil in Landscape Architecture is for anyone who is keen to explore important aspects of the relationship between people and landscape.
You may have a background in landscape architecture or a neighbouring discipline with an interest in landscape. You may be on an academic path following directly from achieving a master degree or have spent time since then in work, and from your experience find yourself motivated to pursue research via the MPhil or PhD degree.
We offer supervision across a very wide range of research themes and topics. These span many countries, regions, historical and contemporary periods, and issues.
Areas of expertise include:
-
landscape design
-
planning and management practice
-
sustainable and resilient landscapes
-
landscape perception and experience
-
inclusive landscape design
-
the history and theory of landscape architecture
-
landscape architecture conservation
-
cultural landscapes
-
applications of digital technologies
Much, although not all, of our innovative research at Edinburgh College of Art is also associated with that undertaken by the OPENspace research centre, engaging with developing agendas linked to many of the UN sustainable development goals and the challenges facing people and the planet.
Our programme particularly focuses on the relationship between landscape and human health and wellbeing.
Themes pursued by past and current students linked to OPENspace research include:
-
the public realm
-
urban open space
-
blue and green space networks
-
children’s environments
-
sustainable, healthy environments
While most students are supervised by Landscape Architecture staff, there are also opportunities to be jointly supervised by staff from elsewhere in Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture or other schools or subject areas, depending on the subject and necessary expertise.
| Study type | Research |
|---|---|
| Level | SCQF Level 12 |
| Entry requirements | Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on our website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements. |
| Location | Edinburgh College of Art Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF |
MLA
Summary
Landscape Architecture is a design discipline that gives you the skills to contribute to a more sustainable and just future for all.
If you are a creative person who cares deeply about the living planet and the environment that surrounds you, this programme will empower you to imagine and enact the change you want to see.
Our professionally accredited, two-year, full-time post-graduate Master’s in Landscape Architecture (MLA) programme is open to students from a range of academic and professional backgrounds who want to develop their own socially and environmentally aware design practice.
Why landscape architecture? Landscapes are vibrant, complex entities which are always changing. They sustain us. They are powerful sensory spaces we inhabit or simply traverse. They are also the sites of some of the most pressing challenges of our times.
Landscape architects plan and design with landscapes. They work across urban and rural environments, often in exciting multi-disciplinary teams.
Landscape architecture is deployed on spatial scales ranging from the garden to the region, and timescales ranging from seasons to centuries. Being a landscape architect gives you the tools to make sense of and work within complex socioecological contexts.
Why choose our programme? We constantly re-examine our teaching and research practices to respond to our current context and student feedback.
The question of how to design with landscapes and their multispecies communities in a climate and biodiversity crisis underpins our programme.
We are in an art college with a distinctive design culture and exceptional workshop facilities. We are therefore uniquely placed to support you in developing your making-thinking practice, which will enable you to critically understand and apply environmental theories to practical contexts.
Taught by dedicated academics and practitioners, you will actively engage with urgent socioecological questions through site-specific and design-led learning. You will explore how to formulate meaningful design responses in our time of crisis.
If you are curious, creative and motivated to grow your landscape architectural voice, we would love to have you on our programme.
| Study type | Taught |
|---|---|
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
| Entry requirements | Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on our website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements. |
| Location | Central area campus George Square Edinburgh EH8 9JZ |
Master of Philosophy - MPhil
Summary
A PhD or MPhil in Landscape Architecture is for anyone who is keen to explore important aspects of the relationship between people and landscape.
You may have a background in landscape architecture or a neighbouring discipline with an interest in landscape. You may be on an academic path following directly from achieving a master degree or have spent time since then in work, and from your experience find yourself motivated to pursue research via the MPhil or PhD degree.
We offer supervision across a very wide range of research themes and topics. These span many countries, regions, historical and contemporary periods, and issues.
Areas of expertise include:
-
landscape design
-
planning and management practice
-
sustainable and resilient landscapes
-
landscape perception and experience
-
inclusive landscape design
-
the history and theory of landscape architecture
-
landscape architecture conservation
-
cultural landscapes
-
applications of digital technologies
Much, although not all, of our innovative research at Edinburgh College of Art is also associated with that undertaken by the OPENspace research centre, engaging with developing agendas linked to many of the UN sustainable development goals and the challenges facing people and the planet.
Our programme particularly focuses on the relationship between landscape and human health and wellbeing.
Themes pursued by past and current students linked to OPENspace research include:
-
the public realm
-
urban open space
-
blue and green space networks
-
children’s environments
-
sustainable, healthy environments
While most students are supervised by Landscape Architecture staff, there are also opportunities to be jointly supervised by staff from elsewhere in Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture or other schools or subject areas, depending on the subject and necessary expertise.
| Study type | Research |
|---|---|
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
| Entry requirements | Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on our website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements. |
| Location | Edinburgh College of Art Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF |
Summary
A PhD or MPhil in Landscape Architecture is for anyone who is keen to explore important aspects of the relationship between people and landscape.
You may have a background in landscape architecture or a neighbouring discipline with an interest in landscape. You may be on an academic path following directly from achieving a master degree or have spent time since then in work, and from your experience find yourself motivated to pursue research via the MPhil or PhD degree.
We offer supervision across a very wide range of research themes and topics. These span many countries, regions, historical and contemporary periods, and issues.
Areas of expertise include:
-
landscape design
-
planning and management practice
-
sustainable and resilient landscapes
-
landscape perception and experience
-
inclusive landscape design
-
the history and theory of landscape architecture
-
landscape architecture conservation
-
cultural landscapes
-
applications of digital technologies
Much, although not all, of our innovative research at Edinburgh College of Art is also associated with that undertaken by the OPENspace research centre, engaging with developing agendas linked to many of the UN sustainable development goals and the challenges facing people and the planet.
Our programme particularly focuses on the relationship between landscape and human health and wellbeing.
Themes pursued by past and current students linked to OPENspace research include:
-
the public realm
-
urban open space
-
blue and green space networks
-
children’s environments
-
sustainable, healthy environments
While most students are supervised by Landscape Architecture staff, there are also opportunities to be jointly supervised by staff from elsewhere in Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture or other schools or subject areas, depending on the subject and necessary expertise.
| Study type | Research |
|---|---|
| Level | SCQF Level 11 |
| Entry requirements | Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on our website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements. |
| Location | Edinburgh College of Art Lauriston Place Edinburgh EH3 9DF |
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