Masters courses

We offer a range of one and two-year masters courses designed to enable students to pursue careers as chartered landscape architects and managers in the UK and around the world.

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At Sheffield, landscape architecture has a strong trans-disciplinary ethos.

Our masters courses span the arts, social sciences, geography and ecology; an approach which is reflected in our teaching, research and engagement with landscape practice.

A vibrant culture of creativity, research and innovation feeds through to all aspects of teaching and student life.

Postgraduate taught

Landscape Architecture MA PG Diploma

  • September 2024 start
  • 2 years Full-time
  • Accredited

Learn how to create places that protect the planet and improve the lives of the people who inhabit them with our two-year conversion course. Accredited by the Landscape Institute.

Postgraduate taught

Landscape Management MA PG Diploma

  • September 2024 start
  • 1 year 2 years 3 years Full-time Part-time
  • Accredited

Learn how to manage the world’s amazing green spaces with our intensive, one-year course. This is the only management masters in the UK to be accredited by the Landscape Institute.

Postgraduate taught

Landscape Studies MA PG Diploma

  • September 2024 start
  • 1 year Full-time

Join the UK’s only independent landscape architecture department and develop advanced skills for practice outside of the UK, with our one-year, intensive masters in landscape studies.

Postgraduate taught

Professional Landscape Architecture MA PG Diploma

  • September 2024 start
  • 1 year Full-time
  • Accredited

Become a professional with our one-year masters course, which is for graduates of Landscape Institute-accredited programmes who have completed at least one year in practice.

Please note

The content of our courses is reviewed annually to make sure it's up-to-date and relevant.

Individual modules are occasionally updated or withdrawn. This is in response to discoveries through our world-leading research; funding changes; professional accreditation requirements; student or employer feedback; outcomes of reviews; and variations in staff or student numbers.

In the event of any change, we'll consult and inform you in good time and take reasonable steps to minimise disruption.

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International Merit Scholarships

We offer a generous package of financial support for international students including 75 undergraduate scholarships worth £10,000 towards the annual tuition fee and 125 postgraduate taught scholarships worth £5,000 towards the tuition fee. Applications are now open for existing offer holders.

Scholarships for international students