Admission Requirements

If you have completed a Bachelor’s degree or are enrolled in the final semester of a Bachelor’s programme you are eligible to apply for the Master’s programme in Landscape Architecture.

 

With a Bachelor's degree in

  • Landscape Architecture from University of Copenhagen

you are granted reserved access and guaranteed a place on the Master’s programme in Landscape Architecture if you apply in time to begin within 3 years of the completion of your Bachelor’s degree.

Learn about when and how to apply

 

 

You meet all academic requirements if you hold one of the degrees listed below. Learn about when and how to applyNote, however, that you still need to document that you meet the programme's language requirements.

Bachelor's degree in

  • Landscape Architecture (landskabsarkitektur) from University of Copenhagen (previously reserved access)
  • Architecture from Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
  • Architecture from Aarhus School of Architecture
  • Engineering (Architecture and Design with specialisation in Architecture and Urban Design) from Aalborg University

Professional Bachelor's degree in

  • Forest and Landscape Engineering (skov- og landskabsingeniør) from University of Copenhagen
  • Urban Landscape Engineering from Zealand Institute of Business and Technology

Additionally, you are encouraged to submit an annotated electronic portfolio of design projects/artwork of 15 pages demonstrating an ability to design with IT tools such as Adobe, CAD and/or 3D programs as this is an important criterion in the prioritisation of applicants.

Check which master’s programmes at UCPH your bachelor programme is pre-approved for admission - only available in Danish

 

 

If you have a Bachelor’s degree other than those listed above, you must submit additional documentation along with your application so we can evaluate whether or not you meet the admission requirements. Learn about when and how to apply.

If you have a Bachelor’s degree, Professional Bachelor's degree or equivalent from Danish or international universities you are qualified for admission if your programme includes the following:

  1. Design: A minimum of 60 ECTS credits within design courses such as SCIENCE courses:
    • NIGB15018U Plan og design 1 and NIGB15019U Plan og design 2 (Planning & Design 1 + 2)
    • NIGB15038U Håndværk og æstetik i landskabsarkitektur - Studio (Practice & Aesthetics in Landscape Architecture - Studio)
    • LNAB10060U Beplantningsdesign (Plantingdesign)
    • NIGB16000U Byplanstudio – Strategi og design 1 and NIGB16001U Byplanstudio – Strategi og design 2 (Urban Planning Studio 1 + 2) or NIGB23003U Planter og teknologi i landskabsarkitektur 1 and NIGB15029U Planter og teknologi i landskabsarkitektur 2 (Plants and Technology in Landscape Architecture 1 + 2)
  2. Ecology (Økologi): A minimum of 15 ECTS credits within ecology courses such as SCIENCE courses:
    • NIGB13001U Naturgrundlaget 1 – Planter og landskab (Processes in Nature 1 - Plants and Landscape)
    • NPLB17000U Naturgrundlaget 2a – Vegetationer og bioressourcer (Natural Resources 2A - Vegetation and Bioresources)
    • NPLB17001U Naturgrundlaget 2b – Vegetation og økologi (Natural Resources 2B - Vegetation and Ecology)
    • NPLB15011U By og landskabsplanters botanik (Botany of Urban and Landscape Plants)
  3. Philosophy of Science (Videnskabsteori) (Philosophy of Science such as the SCIENCE course Philosophy of Science - Landscape Architecture and Urban Design which covers a wealth of contributions to Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, spanning from natural science over social science to humanities. Design and its history decide what is relevant knowledge for the discipline and how new knowledge is conceived through natural- and social science, humanities and through applied artistic work.): A minimum of 7.5 ECTS credits of SCIENCE courses such as:
    • LFKB10272U Fagets videnskabsteori - landskabsarkitektur og bydesign (Philosophy of Science - Landscape Architecture and Urban Design)
    • NIGB19000U Skrive- og projektværksted – selvvalgt emne i landskabs- og bystudier (Project Writing Studio – Topics in Landscape and Urban Studies)
    • NIGB19001U Landskabsarkitekturens historie, nutid og fremtid (Landscape Architecture History)

Additionally, you are encouraged to submit an annotated electronic portfolio of design projects/artwork of 15 pages demonstrating an ability to design with IT tools such as Adobe, CAD and/or 3D programs as this is an important criterion in the prioritisation of applicants.

We may also admit applicants who, after an individual academic assessment, are deemed to possess educational qualifications equivalent to those required above.

Qualifying degree and other courses/projects

When we assess whether you meet the admission requirements for the Master's degree program, Danish legislation only allows us to assess your Bachelor's degree. Consequently, you cannot study supplementary courses between Bachelor's and Master's degree programs in order to meet the admission requirements.

If you have passed courses/projects before you complete the qualifying Bachelor's degree, these can be included in the assessment, even though they are not part of the Bachelor's degree program.

  • It applies to courses/projects you have taken as single subjects and courses/projects you have taken as part of another study program.
  • A maximum of 30 ECTS credits of these courses/projects may be included.

 

 

Unless you have reserved access to the program you are applying for, you are required to document proficiency in English. 

See language requirements

 

 

International Bachelor’s degree

You can only get an answer to whether or not your degree meets the admission requirement by applying for admission to the MSc Programme. Only the admission committee can evaluate whether you are qualified or not and they only do this once they have received your application.

Bachelor’s degree from Denmark

You are entitled to 1 pre-assessment for 1 study programme, where, based on an assessment of the documentation you have submitted, we will inform you whether you meet the admission requirements.

This is a service offered by SCIENCE, but it is not a service you have to make use of in order for you to apply for admission.

Read about pre-assessment

 

 

If the number of qualified applicants to the programme exceeds the number of places available, applicants will be prioritised according to the following criteria:

    • The relevance and quality of submitted portfolio from the qualifying degree (collection of designworks and planning projects which represent experience, knowledge, skills and competences)
    • Total number of ECTS credits in relevant courses (relevant courses include courses in urban and landscape design, design courses in general, ecology courses and courses in philosophy of science)
    • Grade-point average achieved in qualifying degree

    Limitation on second degrees

    If you have already completed a Master's degree, please check out the rules concerning a second degree.