Landscape Architecture

Do you want to design the spaces around you? Landscape architecture involves crafting outdoor environments that blend art, functionality, and natural systems. You could create parks, playgrounds, green spaces, town squares, or even entire cities! A Landscape Architect's role is to create suitable and inclusive spaces for all users. So, if you have ideas for improving the world around you, Landscape Architecture offers an opportunity to explore them.

As a Landscape Architect, you will respond to real-world problems and challenges, such as improving air quality, food security and water management, offsetting carbon footprints, and reducing energy waste. The outdoor environment also has significant links to well-being and mental health, and you could be at the heart of designing sustainable urban living that will benefit society for years to come.

During your time with us, you will engage with various design and research processes and consider the potential of working with nature and the built environment at multiple scales - from detailing intimate courtyards to regional spatial and ecological strategies.

Professional Placement Year

This course offers an optional professional placement year. This allows you to spend a whole year with an employer, following successful completion of your second year, 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. 

If you choose to pursue a placement year, you will need to find a suitable placement to complement your chosen area of study. You will be able to draw on the University’s extensive network of local, regional, and national employers, and the support of our Careers teams. If you are able to secure a placement, you can request to be transferred to the placement version of the course.

Please note that fees are payable during your placement year, equivalent to 20% of the total full-time course fee for that year.

£1,000 scholarships for 2025/26

If you apply to BCU by 30 June 2025, you could be eligible for one of our £1,000 scholarships:

Accelerate – if you are from a lower income family or household

High Achievers’ – if you achieve 144 UCAS points or more from your main three qualifications

For full details and terms, visit www.bcu.ac.uk/scholarships