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The MSc Landscape Architecture and Planning focuses on the deliberate construction and reconstruction of the environment. It involves research, planning and design of landscape to create and maintain places to be functional, meaningful, sustainable and beautiful. In order to comprehend the complex relationships between people, nature and landscape, the study integrates concepts and approaches from both the creative arts and the natural and social sciences and incorporates the latest advances in technology. It combines the professional skills of physical design and spatial planning with the ability to conduct research and express a scholarly attitude. Landscape Architecture and Planning is concerned with the creative process of making plans and designs; with the organization of interactive or participatory decision making processes; and with the development and management of scientific knowledge. The study focuses primarily on the rural-urban metropolitan landscape of The Netherlands and Western Europe in its global context of cultural, ecological, technological, economic and political transformations.

Instruction modes

practicum, internship, lecture, self study, literature study, excursion, research project

Accreditation: NVAO

Erasmus Mundus program: This is an Erasmus Mundus program.

Admission requirements

Grade Point Average of at least 70%; good skills in mathematics and/or statistics; basic computer skills.

Other requirements

1. minimum kennis (ISPAC: overige vereisten) Grade Point Average of at least 70%; good skills in mathematics and/or statistics; basic computer skills.
2. taaltoets cijfer Applicants must provide recent evidence of their spoken and written command of English.
3. vooropleiding (ISPAC: vereiste vooropleiding) BSc in landscape architecture, geography, rural planning, landscape planning or related fields.