Landscape Architecture and Planning

Landscape Architecture is a discipline that changes landscape through planning, design and management. It is united around the planning of outdoor spaces, environments and places and relationships between people and these spaces in terms of activities and perceptions.
Landscape Architecture is concerned with urban and rural landscapes in different scales starting from  the smallest open space to the region.

Degree: Bachelor of Engineering in Landscape Architecture
Credits: 210 ECTS
Duration of studies: full-time – 3,5 years
Language of instruction: English
Tuition fee per year: 3500 EUR
Admission: once a year (Autumn semester)
Contact person: Dr.arch. Natalija Ņitavska, natalija.nitavska@llu.lv

The aim of the Bachelor’s degree study programme is to provide students with knowledge and skills necessary for the work in area of landscape architecture under the guidance of a certified specialist or to continue studies in the professional Master’s degree study programme Landscape architecture and planning with the goal to obtain the professional qualification of a landscape architect.
The content of the programme envisages to acquire art study courses which develop imaginative and creative thinking; acquire study courses in humanities, natural sciences and ecology, ensuring understanding of people and environment; master contemporary design methodology and project design and development techniques and methods. The theoretical knowledge and practical skills are reflected in the Bachelor thesis.

• Applicants with completed secondary education are approved for admission to the programme, namely, you need to be eligible for university studies in your own country;
• Applicants must have at least "satisfactory" grade in Mathematics;
• must be able to present good English knowledge (minimum - CEFR level B2, IELTS score 5.5 and over, TOEFL score 520, TOEFL-iBT score 68 );
• must submit a Portfolio of at least 4 still life drawings in pencil drawing technique (by hand).

The Bachelor’s degree study programme Landscape architecture and planning is the first of the two sequential study programmes providing education necessary for the acquiring professional qualification and the rights to work as a self-employed landscape architect.

Our graduates work in all kinds of architecture, design, research companies. They can cover both urban and rural areas and ensure that implemented projects are qualitative and sustainable. Our specialists are able to designs different scale landscapes - residential areas, parks, shopping centers, parkways, golf courses, school campuses etc.