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BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture with Professional Placement Year

Birmingham City University

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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

  • Location

    City Centre Campus (The Curzon Building)

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary

This Landscape Architecture degree course will help you to gain real industry exposure and work on a wide range of exciting briefs. The course focuses on offering experience through practice, which will enhance your chances of securing a role after you graduate.Landscape Architecture is the design of the world outside, as a combination of art, utility and natural systems. The aim is to create rich, positive experiences and to provide designed environments, which engage users with character and a sense of place.Through guided exploration of personal design and research process, you will explore and unwrap many layers to reveal the unlimited storyboard of design options that our landscape presents.Covering all aspects of landscape architecture, our course is fully recognised and accredited by the Landscape Institute (LI) and supported by a leading design team in its field. You’ll work in a design studio culture, which mimics real-world creative practice for landscape architects and prepares you for your future career.Experience on live local sites and project briefs in landscape studios will develop your design creativity and hone your professional practice skills. Placements and competitions will give you fantastic opportunities. There are also chances to compete for industry connected awards.Professional Placement YearThis course offers a professional placement year. This allows you to spend a whole year with an employer, between the second and third years of your degree, and is a great way to find out more about your chosen career. Some students even return to the same employers after completing their studies.The University will draw on its extensive network of local, regional and national employers to support you in finding a suitable placement to complement your chosen area of study. If you do not find a suitable placement, you will be automatically transferred back to the standard, non-placement version of the course.

Tuition fees

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£ 18,570per year

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University information

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Birmingham City University

Birmingham City University

  • University League Table

    95th

  • Campus address

    City Centre Campus (The Curzon Building), 4 Cardigan Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 7BD, United Kingdom

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BCU's facilities are world-class, staff have experience in every sector, and courses prepare you to tackle real-world challenges.
Many master's courses offer international students optional six-month professional placements towards the end of their studies.
Live and study in an affordable multicultural city. BCU is a modern and dynamic international university, with staff, students and alumni from 120 countries.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Architecture

    32nd out of 58 2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 211
    118 56%

    32nd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    76.0 76%

    37th

    12

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.32 83%

    14th

    15

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