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Curious about a master’s degree in Landscape Architecture (MLA) from Auburn? Join us for our Virtual Open House Series this fall!
Each session will feature a discussion of the program, admissions and financial assistance with MLA faculty followed by a Q+A. Whether you're planning to apply or just want to learn more about the program, we would love to see you there.
Register for one of our upcoming sessions. If you have questions or trouble registering, e-mail MLA Chair Emily Knox at elknox@auburn.edu.
The Master of Landscape Architecture program at Auburn University prepares students to contribute meaningfully to society as designer-citizens. Our curriculum, student work and faculty research are distinguished by a focus on three areas of landscape practice.
Fieldwork
We believe that landscape education and landscape practice begin outside, in the landscape. But we aren’t tourists. When we’re outside, we’re working. We measure and observe, we experiment when called for, we learn to test our assumptions from the studio against the messy (and sometimes thorny) realities of mud, vines, and stone. We fly drones to make our own maps; we draw to understand what we see.
Landscape Advocacy
We don’t wait for work to find us. We believe in the value of public interest design, and we seek out opportunities to serve communities. Landscape architects engage the public to shape our work to respond to its needs. We help rally communities around issues. We build constituencies and momentum.
Design research
We utilize design as a method for engaging situations and places that stretch us—particularly those places where landscape architecture is needed, but landscape architects haven’t yet gotten involved. Some design is client-driven. Design research is question-driven, which means not only that we work in service of questions, but also that we work on questions. We subject our own motives and means to design investigation. The rich, complex and messy issues that we focus on require this kind of study: as we jump in, we have to make sure that we are asking the questions that matter.
Now accepting applications
Applications for fall 2026 are due on Monday, January 5, 2026. Visit our website for more information about the admission process and opportunities for financial assistance.
