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MLA Master of Landscape Architecture

University of Manchester

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  • Qualification

    MLA - Master in Landscape Architecture

  • Location

    The University of Manchester

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    2 years

Course summary

Course description

The Master of Landscape Architecture is a professional qualification, accredited by the Landscape Institute, which provides a route to an internationally recognised qualification in a fast growing, global profession

The MLA combines an emphasis on individual practice and an exploratory, experimental approach, with a strong professional underpinning.

It is both a conversion course for graduates of related subject areas and a final postgraduate year of education for landscape graduates.

Our graduates are world leaders in the profession and have gone on to impressive careers nationally and internationally.

Aims

The MLA places emphasis on an understanding of landscape as a dynamic and adaptive phenomenon.

Projects promote a focus on the interfaces between the landscape as a human, cultural construct and as a reflection of underlying natural and environmental process.

Design ateliers explore themes of global relevance through the study of a specific landscape from a regional scale, progressively down to the detailed scale of material and technological resolution.

There is a focus throughout on applying contemporary theoretical ideas and technologies to address the challenges of the landscapes explored.

The course has very strong links to practice.

Students are exposed to a range of practitioners and their work throughout the course and gain individual experience through a combination of a direct professional engagement and a theoretical series of lectures and seminars.

Teaching and learning

Your studies are supported by a team of committed and enthusiastic teachers and researchers , experts in their chosen field.

We also work with external professionals, many of whom are Manchester Met alumni, to enhance your learning and appreciation of the wider subject.

Career opportunities

The vast majority of our graduates go on to find employment in the profession, either in the UK or abroad, many due to connections established during the course.

Outside London, the North West of England is the base for more landscape practices than anywhere else in the country.

Opportunities exist in a wide range of organisations, from small private practices to international, multi-disciplinary firms.

Alternatively, landscape architects are also employed in the public sector or non-profit making organisations.

Many alumni have gone on to positions of responsibility in major international firms and have been involved in the delivery of landmark projects around the world.

Tuition fees

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£ 18,504per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

University of Manchester

University of Manchester

  • University League Table

    22nd

  • Campus address

    The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, England

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