Our Department
In accordance with Article 7/d-2 of Law No. 2547 (as amended by Law No. 2880), the Council of Higher Education approved the establishment of the Department of Landscape Architecture within the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture during its meeting on April 14, 2010. Following the decision of the General Assembly of Higher Education dated May 4, 2017, the department commenced its undergraduate program in the 2017-2018 academic year. The medium of instruction is Turkish. Students have the option to attend an English preparatory class if they wish.
Landscape Architecture: Professional Fields and Career Opportunities
Landscape Architecture is an interdisciplinary profession dedicated to the conservation, planning, design, and sustainable management of natural and cultural environments. Rapid urbanization, climate change, environmental issues, and rising expectations regarding quality of life are steadily increasing the demand for experts capable of generating ecological, aesthetic, and functional solutions. In this context, landscape architecture plays a vital role in creating livable, healthy, and sustainable environments that balance the relationship between humans and nature.
Landscape architects are involved in the planning and design processes for a wide range of spaces, including parks, recreational areas, urban squares, coastal zones, tourism regions, campuses, children's playgrounds, botanical gardens, transportation corridors, residential surroundings, and nature conservation areas. In addition, they play an active role in areas such as the conservation of natural resources, ecological planning, sustainable landscape practices, environmental impact assessment studies, green infrastructure systems, climate change adaptation strategies, and the development of urban open and green space systems.
They also have opportunities to work in public institutions, municipalities, universities, organizations operating in the fields of environment and urban planning, private design and implementation offices, the construction and tourism sectors, environmental consultancy firms, and planning and project companies. Furthermore, they can pursue careers in specialized fields such as planting design, irrigation systems, landscape implementation and maintenance services, visualization, and digital design technologies. Today, the importance of the landscape architecture profession is steadily increasing on both national and international scales, driven by the growing need for sustainable urbanization and nature-based solutions.
Some of the areas where landscape architects work include:
- Planning and design of urban open and green spaces,
- Design of parks, recreational areas, and playgrounds,
- Planning of coastal areas and nature conservation areas,
- Planting design and landscape implementation,
- Ecological planning and sustainable environmental design,
- Development of tourism and recreational areas,
- Environmental impact assessment and natural resource management,
- Green infrastructure and climate change adaptation initiatives,
- Landscape restoration and rehabilitation projects,
- Spatial analysis studies supported by Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing.
- Provide a theoretical foundation for landscape planning and design,
- Teach scientific approaches to the conservation of natural and cultural landscape values,
- Apply ecological, aesthetic, and functional design principles,
- Utilize modern design, modeling, and visualization techniques,
- Develop sustainable and innovative solutions to environmental problems.