Program Overview

College of Engineering

The College of Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) offers a comprehensive range of programs designed to equip students with the knowledge, skills, and expertise necessary to succeed in their chosen fields.

Programs

The college offers various programs, including:

• Chemical Engineering
• Polymer Science and Engineering
• Advanced Materials Science and Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Civil, Architectural and Environmental System Engineering
• Systems Management Engineering
• Architecture
• Landscape Architecture
• Smart Power Engineering
• Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management (Interdisciplinary)
• Service Design Convergence (Interdisciplinary)
• Global Smart City
• Smart Fab. Technology
• Management of Technology (Professional Graduate)
• Water Resources (Professional Graduate)
• Global Entrepreneurship (Special Graduate)

Landscape Architecture

The Department of Landscape Architecture is a comprehensive science and art that covers natural science, humanities, social sciences, and arts. The program provides lectures on theory, planning, design, construction, and management to train experts who can plan, design, and manage the environment of the world in the 21st century.

Objectives

The objectives of the Landscape Architecture program are to educate and train students to be talented experts with the following capabilities:

• Knowledge to understand environment and culture in the 21st century
• Insight to see and solve social problems
• Logic and creativity to plan and design a beautiful and pleasant outdoor space
• Ability to meet International standard and to cooperate with other disciplines

Roles of Landscape Architecture Students

The Department of Landscape Architecture was founded in 1978 to educate and train students to be talented experts with the capabilities mentioned above.

Facilities

The department has focused on enhancing the problem-solving ability of students with knowledge obtained through theories and practices. There are landscape ecology laboratory, drawing laboratory, landscape planning and design studios, computer laboratory, and other facilities for practices in the department.

Vision and Career Path

After graduating, students are engaged in graduate-level programs or studying abroad, as well as in private design offices, engineering services companies, construction companies, and public corporations. By the importance of the environment increasing due to social development, students are expected to have more opportunities and possibilities for their career path, such as civil servants in central and provincial government offices.

Courses and Curriculums

The major courses and curriculums of the department are categorized into three main parts: Environmental Climate, Landscape Ecology, and Landscape Design.

• Environmental Climate
  • Disaster Prevention Landscape Planning
  • Environmental Remote Sensing
  • Geographical Information Systems
  • Urban Planning Using Topoclimate
  • Site investigation & practice
  • Spatial Statistics
• Landscape Ecology
  • Restoration Ecology
  • Landscape Ecology
  • Environment and Plants
  • Road Ecology
  • Wildlife Conservation
  • Soil Science
  • Ecological Restoration Engineering & Practice
• Design of Landscape
  • Landscape Computer Graphics
  • Graduate Landscape Design I, II, III, IV
  • Spatial layout design
  • Traditional Korean Landscape Aesthetics

Facilities & Resources and Funding

Currently, there are three major design and research fields at the graduate program:

1. Landscape Design Lab: design computer graphic software & hardware
2. Environmental Climate Lab: Remote sensing, GIS, GPS data processing software, UAV
3. Environmental Ecology Lab: ecological measurement instruments, UAV

Exchanges and Partnerships

The department has partnerships with:

• Beijing Forestry University (China)
• Northeast Forestry University (China)

Special Entry Requirements (Graduate)

Design major applicants should send a portfolio.

Reputation

The Department of Landscape Architecture at SKKU degree programs involves more than just selecting a degree program. It will train students to tackle the range of problems that they will encounter in their future career path.

International Engagement

The department offers opportunities for:

• Foreign Exchange Student
• Paper presentation at international conference
• Paper publication at international journals (AHCI, SCI(E), SSCI)

Scholarships

An international student who applies for majors in Natural Science or Engineering will be granted a scholarship totaling 100% of tuition and admission fee. Environmental climate lab students who enroll in the disaster prevention management program are supported by BK21 (Brain Korea 21) full scholarship (tuition + living expenses).