Landscape Architecture

Learning from experienced staff and lecturers, you’ll work on real sites, on real scenarios, investigating real issues. You’ll work on client-driven briefs in fully equipped studios to develop your design creativity and hone your professional practice skills.

Students have worked on a range of sites including Pittville Park in Cheltenham, Kings Square in Gloucester and The Diesel Depot and Temple Meads in Bristol.

With a number of industry partners linked to the course, you’ll benefit from sponsored events, visits to landscape practices and lectures delivered directly by current practitioners. Partners have included LDA Design, Arup, Grant Associates, Barton Wilmore, Atkins Global, Grontmij, BDP, Sustrans and Merrick Denton-Thompson, former president of the Landscape Institute.

You’ll develop design creativity through national and international study trips where you’ll explore examples of historic, contemporary and cultural landscapes. Previous trips include Copenhagen, New York and Barcelona.

We’re exploring exciting plans to provide new, dedicated spaces for this course in Cheltenham – tailored to the creative and practical demands of the course. Visit us at an open day to find out more as our plans develop.

Read our Landscape Architecture blog.

The study programme is based around lectures, tutorials and student-led research in a studio-based environment. You’ll develop skills in experimentation, creative thinking and social interaction.

The course also offers a balanced mix of theory, design work and introduction to professional practice. With opportunities and scope for you to thrive within a stimulating learning environment and to develop and think about your personal development within the context of future career options.

In your final year, you’ll showcase your work at the Degree Show – an event attended by landscape practitioners where previous students have been head-hunted by leading landscape design practices.

This course is available to study with an integrated foundation year. If you don’t meet the stated entry requirements or you’re returning to education, it could be a great option that enables you to study this course. Select the ‘With foundation year’ study type from the options at the top of this page to apply.  

Take advantage of our established partnerships with companies like LDA Design, Arup, Grant Associates, Atkins Global, and BDP, providing real-world insights.

Our students secure placements worldwide, from New York’s Terrapin Bright Green to MIT in Massachusetts and locally at The Canal and River Trust in Gloucester, and MHP Design in Cheltenham.

These experiences prepare you for graduate opportunities. You have a diverse range of careers, including roles such as a Landscape Architect, Project Manager, Environmental Planner or Designer, BIM Specialist, Garden Designer, Urban Designer, Environmental Consultant, or Sustainability Adviser.