ADMISSIONS
Master of Landscape Architecture
APPLICATION TIMELINE (AUG 2025 INTAKE)
There is one intake per academic year. Applications to the Master of Landscape Architecture programme for the August 2025 intake is now open from 1 October 2024 to 28 February 2025. For early consideration, students should aim to submit their applications by 30 November 2024, and outstanding candidates can expect to receive an offer as early as January 2025. Applicants who submit after December 2024 can expect to receive offers in March and April 2025.
While most offers will be made to early applications by March 2025, some may still receive an offer at a later date. The Department takes care to look at the applications as a cohort and will review all submitted applications together where necessary.
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ADMISSION ELIGIBILITY
For admission as a candidate for the Master of Landscape Architecture programme, a person must have obtained one of the following qualifications prior to enrolment:
- A Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Honours) degree (or equivalent from a reputable university); OR
- A Bachelor’s degree or above in a design-based built environment discipline such as architecture, urban design, urban planning, and environmental design
SUBMISSION MATERIALS
The application should comprise the following:
– Official transcripts from all undergraduate or graduate studies attended. The cumulative grade ranking should be included in the transcripts if it is available at the applicant’s institution.
– A detailed curriculum vitae with no more than two A4 Pages
– A design portfolio that showcases the applicant’s most representative work in landscape architecture or other aspects of the design of the built environment. The admissions committee will consider the quality of the design project, but more importantly how you arrived at a final resolution. As such, please include process sketches, study models, or other items produced during the design process in addition to any final products.
– Each portfolio should be a PDF format with no more than 20 pages of A4 (210mm x 297mm) size and a maximum of 4 design projects. Please note that in the online admission system, the total size of your uploaded documents should not exceed 10 MB.
– For each project, please declare the project duration; nature of project (e.g. academic, competition, professional, external workshops); names of all collaborators; and the instructors / employers (names, position, and affiliations).
– Please ensure that all work in your portfolio meets the highest standards of academic integrity. Please state clearly the applicant’s contribution for any group or professional work and cite any text or images that were not produced by the applicant.
– A Statement of Purpose outlining the motivation for applying to the MLA programme at NUS, relevant experiences in academia or practice, and academic interests that you intend to pursue at NUS. This statement should not be more than 1000 words.
– Two letters of reference
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Applicants whose first language is not English are required to demonstrate their English proficiency by means of TOEFL / IELTS test scores. Applicants may be waived from this requirement if they completed their degree programme taught entirely in English, situated in an English speaking country, for example (non exhaustive list) Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA.
To meet the English requirement for the MLA programme, the minimum score expected is:
– IELTS: A minimum 6.5 overall band score.
– TOEFL iBT (at a test center)/Home Edition: A minimum score of 92.
– TOEFL iBT Paper Edition: A minimum score of 580.
INTERVIEW
Shortlisted candidates may be invited to appear for an interview. Where an applicant is not based in Singapore, the interview will take place via video call.
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