Recommended Landscape Design Schools: USA, Europe and Asia Pacific
Those who want to have professional training in landscape architecture can acquire it by looking into courses offered by landscape design schools. You can find several schools offering these courses regardless of where you are in the world. Here are some schools in USA, Europe and the Asia Pacific.
The Graduate School Of Design of the prestigious Harvard University offers a master’s course in landscape architecture. Students are offered comprehensive training in the various elements that comprise the whole design process. Students are expected to immerse in design theory, history, civil engineering, land planning, and other relevant areas.
In Europe, one of the good schools for landscape architecture is the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria. Relevant fields of research that students will immerse in are the current landscape architecture, history of landscape design, development of urban landscape, and the study of individual perception of space.
In Asia Pacific, one of the top landscape design schools is the National University of Singapore. Starting in 2008, the school has offered a masters degree in Landscape Architecture. The school’s program runs for two years and provide training in design, site planning, and historical preservation. Several scholarships for the masters degree is offered to deserving students.
These are just three of the many schools that offer specialized training for this field, not counting the various online schools that offer their training via the Internet. Thus, if you are serious about adding technical expertise to your creative talent in landscape design, enrolling into these schools is recommended. Wherever you are in the world, you can find a couple of landscape design schools to choose from.
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