Master of Landscape Architecture - Faculty of Arts and Humanities

The program has been designed according to guidelines for the recognition or accreditation of IFLA (International Federation of Landscape Architects) and ECLAS (European Council of Landscape Architecture Schools)

The Master in Landscape Architecture deals with studying and designing natural and artificial landscapes. The program aims to provide education, research, and training in landscape architecture in both urban and rural contexts, with a strong emphasis on sustainability and ecology. Innovation and quality in design are strongly promoted aiming to cultivate a critical awareness of the multifaceted issues concerning landscape design, which stands at the intersection of wider environmental, social, technological, and cultural concerns. Therefore, the program modules integrate knowledge and skills in a variety of fields, such as plants & ecology, urbanism & sustainability, or analog & digital design tools. Research is encouraged to acquire new knowledge, and design is approached as a method of critical experimentation that results in original insights and practices. The MLA Program also leads to formal qualifications for professionals who want to practice in the field of Landscape Architecture and Landscape Design. The

program fills an educational gap in this sensitive area.

Learning Outcomes:

Discuss and compare the environmental, technological, and cultural conditions within which a landscape is situated (locally and in its wider context).
Master knowledge of plant material and horticultural applications.
Master knowledge of theories and methodologies of landscape architecture, planning, and management.
Master knowledge in Information Technology and Digital Design tools.
Combine new concepts and technologies in landscape architecture and management.
Critically analyses public policy and regulations.
Combine the ethics and values relative to the profession with the demands of practice, technological availability, and economy.
Formulate and defend an opinion on theoretical issues of landscape design, management, and planning at a variety of scales and contexts.
Creatively solve problems of landscape design and management with fully developed, original, and critically engaged design proposals.
Independently conduct further research for graduate work at the doctoral level