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29 April – 19 July 2024
Landscape Architecture - what you can expect during your studies
Landscape Architecture means planning and designing with spatial, environmental, urban and landscape aspects, taking natural resources into account. As part of the Landscape Architecture degree programme, we teach scientific, technical and economic principles, extensive knowledge of plants, complex knowledge of ecosystems and nature conservation, sound and future-oriented expertise in construction technology and construction management and much more.
After a wide-ranging foundation course, you will spend a practical semester in a landscape architecture office, with cities, local authorities or nature conservation organisations. Based on your practical experience, you decide on one of the two specialisations:
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Landscape planning
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Open space planning
You will obtain a Bachelor of Engineering by completing a Bachelor's thesis. The regular duration of the Landscape Architecture degree programme is eight semesters. As a result, you can be admitted to the Chamber of Architects in any federal state and call yourself a "landscape architect".
This is what the Landscape Architecture degree programme is all about
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Planning and designing landscapes and open spaces
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Protection & development of natural resources to safeguard our environment and quality of life
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Developing strategies to tackle major social challenges, in particular climate change and biodiversity loss
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Knowledge of ecology, plants & plant use
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Skills in the areas of design & construction technology, taking into account garden conservation aspects
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Expertise in planning & design as well as assessing the feasibility of ideas & projects
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Management skills & networked thinking
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communicative knowledge & skills, for example to develop plans with those affected or to achieve acceptance for measures in politics & society
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Teaching application-orientated methods for solving design, ecological and planning problems
Planning & Design: Project examples from the Landscape Architecture programme
Would you like to find out what awaits you in the Landscape Architecture degree programme? Here we present some of the best results from the project work of the students of summer 2021. Have fun watching!
Programme structure: Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture in eight semesters
The Landscape Architecture degree programme lasts eight semesters in standard study time. It is part of the HSWT degree programmes in Ecology and Environmental Planning and comprises four foundation semesters with many practical elements, one practical semester and two specialisation semesters. The programme always starts in the winter semester on 1 October each year.
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1st semester
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Site studies 5 Botany, Landscape Ecology & Climate Change 5 Fundamentals of Landscape Architecture 5 Planning, design & construction 5
Design & Presentation 5 Surveying & Geo-Information 5 -
2nd semester
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Introduction to Biodiversity 5 Ecological site studies & botany 5 Fundamentals of Landscaping 5 Planning & design in open space planning 10
Methods of geodesign 5 -
3rd semester
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Society, Economy & Law 5 Historical Foundations of Landscape Architecture 5 Planning & design in landscape planning 10 Building construction & implementation planning 5
Plant utilisation & vegetation technology 5 -
4th semester
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Landscape Architecture & Urban Design 5 Landscape Planning 5 Planning & Design in Urban Planning 10 Project & construction management 5
Use of plants 5 -
5th semester
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Practical semester in a landscape architecture office, a public authority, a gardening and landscaping company, etc. 30 -
6th and 7th semester
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Core subjects 29 You can choose from the following specialisations:
- Open Space Planning
- Landscape Planning
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8th semester
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Five compulsory elective modules (3 EC each) 15 Bachelor's thesis 15
The focus of the Landscape Architecture degree programme
In the 6th semester of your Landscape Architecture degree programme, you can choose between the following specialisations:
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Open space planning
The task of open space planning is to plan and design open spaces such as green spaces and parks, squares, streets, cemeteries, gardens, courtyards, sports facilities, playgrounds, but also gardens and allotment sites with sustainability in mind. They take into account aspects of social participation, ecology and economic importance in the planning process.
The most important contents are
- Planning & design methods for the development of sustainable open spaces
- Implementing sustainability in open spaces in a technically sound & data-based manner
- Development of new climate adaptation strategies in open spaces
- Conveying planning & design content through convincing graphic & verbal communication
- Holistic, cross-section-orientated understanding of planning
Open space planners are responsible for high-quality planning and design of open spaces in the sense of an identity-creating building culture. They ensure sustainable development and make an important contribution to creating liveable cities and communities for people, animals and plants.
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Landscape planning
Species extinction and dealing with climate change are huge social challenges. Who takes care of these issues when planning and managing land in the open countryside and in urban areas? Landscape planning!
The most important issues are
- Planning and implementing fair compensation for interventions in nature
- Designing nature conservation concepts
- Developing concepts for sustainable land use
- Develop adaptation strategies for climate change
Landscape planning is based on specific projects and development strategies. It is closely linked to all protagonists of land use such as agriculture, forestry, water management and human settlements.
Landscape planners represent the interests of nature and resource conservation at all spatial levels and at all levels of administration. They therefore lend a powerful voice to a sustainable future.
Changes to the study program
The independent Bachelor's degree course in Green Urban Planning will start in the winter semester 2024/25. Prospective students with an interest in urban planning are therefore recommended to take the new Bachelor's degree course. In the Bachelor's degree course in Landscape Architecture, the specializations in Open Space Planning and Landscape Planning will remain as before. The independent Bachelor's degree course in Green Urban Planning will replace the Urban Planning specialization from winter semester 2024/25 and this specialization will be suspended.
Study Landscape Architecture & then? These are your career opportunities
Our qualified Landscape Architecture alumni make an active contribution to safeguarding and developing the quality of life in cities and landscapes. This is becoming increasingly important, especially in times of global climatic and social change processes, as environmental pollution, digitalisation, new forms of mobility and the increasing complexity of planning and construction processes are changing our living environment on a daily basis.
As landscape architects, they plan and maintain landscape spaces and urban greenery. In the course of this, they work in an interdisciplinary manner with specialists in urban planning and architecture, biology, geology and hydrology, sociology and history. They are committed to the necessary protection of nature, landscape and open spaces against current utilisation demands and develop new habitats for the future - with leading, integrating and responsible key skills in planning processes.
Graduates of the eight-semester Bachelor of Landscape Architecture programme are eligible for admission to the Chamber of Architects in all federal states.
Requirements for the Landscape Architecture degree programme: Preliminary work placement
There are no admission restrictions in the sense of an NC (numerus clausus) for the Landscape Architecture degree programme at Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences.
A 4-week compulsory internship must be completed prior to the degree programme. This takes the form of work experience in a (recognised) training company in the field of horticulture and landscaping, a tree nursery or perennial nursery. The form "Certificate of pre-study internship" must be submitted by the end of September.
The preliminary work placement does not have to be completed after completing training in horticulture, tree nurseries, perennial nurseries or agriculture (recognised training companies) or practical training at a German Technical Secondary School (German Technical Secondary School) specialising in agriculture.
Information on the general admission requirements and application for the degree programme can be found on our general pages.
Landscape Architecture in Weihenstephan: Why you are making the right decision with us
- Comprehensive skills development in the fields of open space planning, landscape planning & urban planning
- Qualification for the diversity of global climatic & social change processes through late choice of specialisation
- Active project studies with intensive practical relevance
degree programme ambassador
I'm Tamara Spielberger, a Landscape Architecture student at the University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf. You can ask me anything about the degree programme, the University of applied sciences and the city of Freising. I will inform you about the requirements, content and structure of the degree programme. I will also be happy to help you with the application process and Preliminary work placement. I will also give you tips on finding accommodation and share my insider knowledge about the Landscape Architecture degree programme with you. I look forward to making your start in student life easier. Feel free to send me an e-mail to beratung.la@hswt.de
