How to Apply
This information applies to the MA/Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture (LSCT123) and to the MA/Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Studies (LSCT124).
All applications must be made using the University's Postgraduate on-line Application Form at:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/apply/applying
All postal applications and supporting information must be sent to Postgraduate Taught Course Admissions at this address.
What to send with your application
It will help us to process your application quickly if you send the following information together with your application form, or if you have applied on line, as soon as possible after submitting it:
- Two references on the prescribed form (which may be downloaded from the University Web Site)
- A certified copy of your degree certificate or any other qualification relied upon in support of your application
- A certified copy transcript of the marks awarded to you in connection with your degree (if applicable)
- A short portfolio containing examples of your visual work. This could be any visual/creative output including drawings or images that you produced in connection with you first degree. If your first degree was in a non-visual discipline then it would be helpful if you could send us examples of other art work, such as landscape drawings or sketches, or other responses to landscape
- (European and Overseas applicants only)- A certified copy of your English Language qualification (IELTS 6.5 or above or TOEFL 575 or above)
Guidance on portfolio submission
- Applicants with a degree and/or work experience in a design related discipline/profession should send us examples of their work in this field.
- Other applicants may send us any previous visual/creative/landscape work they have done e.g. Art/design work done at school; craft/hobby outputs; photographs of garden/planting design. They should also send us some landscape drawings/images (not photographs). We suggest roughly 6 pieces of work. We recommend that you draw a landscape that evokes a strong response in you or that you are interested in. The emphasis should be on conveying the characteristics and qualities of this landscape as vividly and clearly as possible. You may use any media (pencil, charcoal, watercolour etc). We are not looking for technical competence at this stage but rather a commitment to expressing your ideas about landscape in a visual format. You may use a combination of words and text.
- All applicants may submit the work in digital or paper format. If you submit the work digitally then please make sure that all files are saved as JPEGS and placed in a single folder. It is time consuming to have to search for work in several folders and sub-folders! Alternatively please create a PowerPoint presentation of your work. Digital submissions should be less than 25mb.
What happens after your application is received?
Graduate Admissions will then send a copy of your application to the Department of Landscape, together with your supporting information. Students from the UK will generally be invited for interview at one of the Department's Postgraduate Open Days. European and Overseas applicants are not expected to come for interview.
Upon receipt of your application form, Graduate Admissions will send you an acknowledgment e-mail containing your unique Graduate Application number. In all subsequent correspondence this number should be quoted, along with your name and the course and Department to which you have applied. Once you have received your Graduate Application number you can follow the progress of your application by using the on-line Application Tracking System at:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/postgraduate/app_tracking
You are also welcome to contact Helen Morris direct if you have any questions.
If you need more information about the above courses before applying please contact Helen Morris, who will send you a full information pack. You are also welcome to contact the postgraduate admissions tutor, Kamni Gill, by telephone or email.
We would also recommend that you look at the University of Sheffield's Web Site, which provides extensive information about the University, City and student facilities. You are also welcome to attend one of our postgraduate open days before you apply to find out more about the Department and our courses. At the open day you will have a chance to tour the Department as well as meeting members of staff and existing and prospective students. You will also learn more about the structure and content of the courses, and about teaching methods, and you will be able to see examples of students' work. Alternatively, if you would prefer to call in for an informal visit please contact Helen Morris to arrange an appointment.