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Department : 

Department of Design and Architecture

Programme Name : 

Professional Diploma in Landscape Architecture (PDLA)

Programme Code : 

DS525105

Duration : 

24 months (4 semesters), Part-time (Weekday evening and/or weekend classes)*

Medium of Instruction : 

English

Venue(s) : 

Chai Wan Campus
The programme is recognised under the QF Level: 5
Registration No.: 22/000001/L5
Registration Validity Period: 01/09/2022 to 31/08/2025
* Students can opt for an accelerated mode by completing the programme within 18 months (3 semesters). The 18-month mode provides a fast-track option for students to accerlerate their study by taking extra modules in both Semester 2 and 3.

Programme Description

This professional programme prepares students for the profession by adopting a holistic and interdisciplinary approach. It incorporates essential understanding in environmental, cultural and social issues, and applies professional, ethical, and technical skills and knowledge for generating and executing plans to landscape planning, design, and solving management problems. Students will be equipped with the required intellectual, professional and practical skills that align well with the industry’s requirements in the increasingly complex and dynamic situation when developing the built environment in the community. Furthermore, it provides a professional qualification pathway to those in-service practitioners for career advancement.

Career Paths and Articulation Opportunities

On completion of this programme, graduates are equipped with necessary theoretical knowledge and professional skills in landscape architecture for professional advancement, such as landscape planning and design, landscape technology, visual communication and professional practice. Graduates can develop or advance their career in public sectors such as various government departments and private sectors like consultant firms, developers or contractors, to take up positions of landscape designers, assistant landscape designers, or project managers for managing tasks, for example, related to site and environmental analysis and project management.

Graduates will also have the opportunities to further their studies at the taught Master level or to register for research postgraduate degree programmes in the field of landscape planning and design. The University of Gloucestershire (UoG) in the UK supports and confirms that applicants holding qualifications/awards from THEi, including this programme, are eligible for admission to their Master of Arts in Landscape Architecture (MALA) programme.

Entry Requirements

Admission is on a competitive basis in which applicants are judged on their abilities to meet the entrance requirements of the programme. The programme’s minimum admission requirements are as follows.

  • Possession of a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline, OR
  • A non-related Bachelor’s degree with minimum 1 year of relevant working experience in landscape architecture or related field, OR
  • A Higher Diploma or Associate Degree in a relevant discipline with minimum 2 years of relevant working experiences in landscape architecture or related field.

Tuition Fee and Caution Money

Application Method and Period

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Applications are now open for the cohort starting September 2025.

如对课程有任何疑问，请联络设计及建筑学系(电话：3890 8323，电邮地址：thei -dda@ thei.edu.hk）。

Fees are subject to annual reviews. THEi reserves the right to cancel any programme(s)/class(es), revise programme content(s) or change the class commencement date(s)/class venue(s) if circumstances to warrant.

Programme Curriculum

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The programme is offered in part-time mode. To qualify for the award, students must complete the following 9 modules to obtain 33 credit points within a normal study period of 24 months (4 semesters). All modules are compulsory; there are no elective modules. Alternatively, students can opt for an accelerated mode by completing the programme within 18 months (3 semesters).

 

No.Module CodeModule TitleQF LevelCredit Value
1DAR4101Technology: Ecology & Plants43
2DAR4102Technology: Site Engineering43
3DAR4103Technology: Horticultural Practice in Construction43
4DAR5101Visualisation: Fundamentals of Landscape Architecture53
5DAR5102Theory: Western Landscape Architecture53
6DAR5103Theory: Eastern Landscape Architecture53
7DAR5104Practice: Law & Management53
8DAR5105Studio: Parks Design56
9DAR5106Studio: Landscapes in Urban Contexts56
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