Program Overview

Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture (MBLandArch)

Introduction

The Master's degree in Landscape Architecture (MBLandArch) aims to provide an up-to-date response to current landscaping problems and equip graduates with skills in landscape analysis, planning, design, and management.

General Details

• Duration and start date: 2 academic years, 120 ECTS credits, starting in September
• Timetable and delivery: Afternoons, face-to-face
• Fees and grants: Approximate fees for the master's degree (excluding other costs): 2,324 (5,400 for non-EU residents)
• Language of instruction: Check the language of instruction for each subject in the course guide in the curriculum
• Location:
  • School of Architecture of Barcelona
  • Barcelona School of Agri-Food and Biosystems Engineering (Castelldefels)
• Official degree: Recorded in the Ministry of Education's degree register

Admission

• General requirements: Academic requirements for admission to master's degrees
• Specific requirements: Holders of degrees in Architecture, Agricultural Engineering, Forest Engineering, and other engineering degrees and diplomas related to spatial development can access this Master's degree
• Admission criteria:
  • Academic record focusing on the field of landscaping
  • Proof of professional experience within teams of designers
  • Academic certificates proving basic drawing skills will be positively evaluated
• Places: 30
• Pre-enrolment: Pre-enrolment for this master's degree is currently closed
• Enrolment: How to enrol
• Legalisation of foreign documents: All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille

Curriculum

First Semester

• Elements of Landscape Design (5 ECTS)
• Landscape Design I (8 ECTS)
• Landscape History and Theory I (4 ECTS)
• Construction and Landscape (3 ECTS)
• Engineering and Landscape (3 ECTS)
• Landscape Representation (3.5 ECTS)
• Landscape Science (3.5 ECTS)

Second Semester

• Analysis of Landscape Projects (4 ECTS)
• Engineering Techniques I (5 ECTS)
• Landscape Composition I (5 ECTS)
• Landscape Design II (10 ECTS)
• Ecology and Landscape (3 ECTS)
• International Landscape Workshop (3 ECTS)
• Landscape Measures (3.5 ECTS)
• Urbanism and Landscape (3 ECTS)

Third Semester

• Cartography (5 ECTS)
• Engineering Techniques II (3 ECTS)
• Hydrology (3 ECTS)
• Landscape Composition II (5 ECTS)
• Landscape Design III (10 ECTS)
• Landscape History and Theory II (4 ECTS)
• Landscape History and Theory III (3 ECTS)

Fourth Semester

• Engineering Techniques III (3 ECTS)
• Landscape Restoration (3 ECTS)
• Work Placement in an Architectural Firm (6 ECTS)
• Master's Thesis (15 ECTS)

Professional Opportunities

Landscape architects work for planning consultancies, companies in the gardening and landscape industry, government agencies, and local governments in public works and parks departments, water authorities, or nature conservation bodies. Their work encompasses a wide range of activities, including:

• Landscaping tasks for urban land use; planning and sectoral planning
• Urban planning and village redevelopment planning
• Project planning and design
• Environmental planning
• Planning and programmes for leisure parks and large-scale landscape remediation
• Green and open space planning as part of urban land use planning
• Planning for national parks, biosphere and nature reserves, as well as landscape protection areas

Competencies

Generic Competencies

• Capacity for innovation and entrepreneurship
• Sustainability and social commitment
• Knowledge of a foreign language (preferably English)
• Teamwork and proper use of information resources

Specific Competences

• Ability to undertake professional jobs in the landscape field in which strategic decisions have to be made
• Ability to undertake tasks that require a high capacity to analyse and resolve complex landscape and spatial problems
• Ability to carry out research and knowledge transfer in the professional sector
• Ability to begin an academic career in the field of research and specifically to begin a doctorate in an international-level landscape programme

Specific Skills

• Ability to design and manage the landscape
• Ability to advise on plans, projects, and policies linked to the field of landscape intervention

Quality Accreditation

Check the degree's main quality indicators in the University Studies in Catalonia portal of the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency. Find information on topics such as degree evaluation results, student satisfaction, and graduate employment data.

Organisation: Academic Calendar and Regulations

• UPC school: Barcelona School of Agri-Food and Biosystems Engineering (EEABB), Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB)
• Academic coordinator: Enric Batlle Durany
• Academic calendar: General academic calendar for bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees courses
• Academic regulations: Academic regulations for master's degree courses at the UPC