Entry Autumn Semester 2022
The first period, 15 November – 15 December 2022, is compulsory for all students who need a visa and for students who wish to apply for the Excellence & Opportunity Scholarship Programme (ESOP)/ETH D-Scholarship. This first deadline is also open to all applicants.
The second period, 1 – 30 April 2023, applies to all students who do not require a visa (e.g. Swiss, EU and EFTA applicants) and students who already have a Swiss residence permit.
Admission to the Master’s degree program requires a Bachelor’s degree in architecture from a university (3rd level institution) with at least 180 ECTS or equivalent. The program is held in German and English.
A motivation letter and a portfolio are part of the formal application.
For more information please visit our program website.
Learn more about the admission requirements and how to apply.
We offer a new two-year Master’s program in Landscape Architecture at the Department of Architecture of ETH Zurich with a focus on the design and planning of open spaces and landscapes.
The environmental and aesthetic challenges of the 21st century call for a new design intelligence in landscape architecture. Our aim is to train a new generation of designers, planners and decision-makers in the private sector and public institutions, combining the expertise of landscape architecture with that of architecture. Our graduates have a novel profile, with which they open new and classic fields of activity in landscape architecture worldwide. They develop and implement projects at various scales, from object design to conceptual specialist planning. They operate across complex spatial systems and under dynamic existing conditions – and develop aesthetically, scientific and technically sophisticated solutions for the design of cities and landscapes.
The two-year Master’s program in Landscape Architecture teaches students design and planning, materials and construction, natural science and humanities skills in landscape architecture, which optimally deepen and supplement the university Bachelor’s program in architecture. They learn to apply theories, methods, techniques and operative tools of landscape architecture in analysis, design and planning in a target-oriented and responsible manner. The program will prepare the students for reality – imaginatively addressing the landscape and bridging values.
The education combines classical competences – the “handcraft” of landscape architecture – with a high degree of innovation. This includes the consideration of the site-specific existing conditions of a location as well as an aesthetically, technically and ecologically founded design practice with living elements of nature such as plants, soil and water, and abiotic building materials. Emphasis is placed on conveying cultural, social, poetic and ethical skills. The teaching of innovative digital analysis, design and planning methods is an essential part of the program.
The program includes fundamental, core and specialized courses, design studios and a six-month internship. A central principle of the training is the linking of subject-specific teaching contents, and their integration into the design studios. We offer a modular focus semester, which links the fundamental courses with the design lessons and creates the basis for the following semesters. The design studios deal with problem- and practice-related tasks at local, regional, supra-regional, national and international scales. The program structure provides for group learning, allows for individual customization and guarantees individual supervision, thus enabling a very high quality of professional education.
Profile
The only Master’s program in landscape architecture at a Swiss university
Knowledge and skills in landscape architecture that optimally deepen and complement the university bachelor’s degree in architecture
The program guarantees individual supervision and thus a very high professional quality of the training
Linking subject-specific teaching content with each other in terms of content and methodology and integrating it into the design studios
Focus semester: modular first semester, which links the contents of the fundamental courses with the design lessons and creates the basis for the following semesters
Imparting of innovative digital analysis, design and planning methods (GIS-based 3D landscape visualization and modeling / LVML, Landscape Acoustics / AV-Lab etc.)
Duration, Volume: 4 semesters + 6 month internship, 120 ECTS total
For further information: ETH Master of Science in Landscape Architecture
