MSc Global Change and Landscape Design
The Global Change and Landscape Design program from University College Dublin offers students the opportunity to complete a 1-trimester work placement, where students’ technical and business knowledge can be applied and developed in a dynamic real-world setting.
Quick Facts
| Duration | 16 months full-time 24 months part-time |
| Start Date | September |
| Tuition Fee | €29,100 per year full-time €14,550 per year part-time (The fees are subject to change) |
| Location | Dublin, Ireland |
Key Facts
- Advanced Skills in the principles of landscape architecture including dedication, vision and passion for design and our environment.
- Future Orientated and alive to the careful balance needed for current and future resources and energy responsibility with complex knowledge of the rich ecology of sites and how to phase interventions towards these.
- Practiced in research methods, design methods and mastery of communication in a range of visual, verbal, written, and digital modes.
- Create leaders who are conscious of climatic and social challenges, with in-depth knowledge of process with an ethical outlook, knowing when to intervene and when not to.
- Spatially trained with well-considered appreciation of the cultural & historical, environmental & specific context, to design appropriate solutions and delightful spaces.
- Collaborative and committed to participative planning with end users and the need for lifelong curiosity and professional growth in practice.
Courses included:
- Geodesign for Urban Futures
- Research-By-Design Studio A
- Water, Soil & Vegetation Autumn
- Landscape Research Spring
- Fieldwork Spring
- Research-By-Design Studio B
Career Opportunities
Graduates of the Global Change and Landscape Design program from University College Dublin literally have the world at their feet. Global change creates needs and opportunities that are only now fully unfolding. Medium and large offices and global consulting firms are looking for landscape specialists who can understand, assess and design the future landscape. This is not just limited to the world’s land masses, but also includes the oceans, where large offshore industries (e.g. wind power) are emerging.
Specifically, graduates will have a skill set affording opportunities to work in a variety of industries and companies, including:
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- Landscape Architecture/Urban Planning firms SWA Group, ARUP, AECOM, Hargreaves Associates
- Environmental Consultancy firms MKO, ERM, Tetra Tech, Jacobs
- Real Estate Development companies Remcoll, LDA, Lendlease
- Government agencies European Environment Agency (EEA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
- Non-Profit Organizations European Landscape Convention (ELC), Irish Environmental Network, Heritage Council of Ireland
Why study with us?
UCD is consistently ranked in the top 1% of higher education institutions worldwide. In the 2022 QS World University Rankings, UCD was again named as one of the best universities globally, and was placed 173rd in the world.
UCD is the most international and diverse university in Ireland with 8,500 international students from 130 different countries. Our network of 288,000 successful and influential alumni can be found in 169 different countries around the world.
The UCD campus is one of the largest urban campuses in Europe and is situated just 5 kilometres from Ireland’s capital city of Dublin. Our students enjoy world-class teaching and learning facilities, modern and comfortable student accommodation, state-of-the art sports and fitness amenities, an Olympic sized swimming pool, a cinema, cafes and student centre all on our beautiful, nature-filled campus.