If you want to apply for American landscape design, what are the application requirements and application materials for studying abroad in advance? At the same time, I don't know what are the landscape design colleges in the United States? The employment situation of landscape designers in the future, then this article of natural light will help you solve these problems! Landscape designers play a very important role in urban construction and planning, and nowadays, with the continuous improvement of living standards, landscape design has become an important part of the public space of urban life. Therefore, there is a large demand for landscape designers both at home and abroad. So, how about studying landscape design in the United States? Let's get to know about it today.

The discipline of landscape design is relatively mature abroad, and the design style of foreign countries is quite different from that of domestic countries. So many students now want to study this major abroad, and in the future, they can combine the essence of Chinese and Western cultures. Now, advanced foreign design concepts have been introduced into domestic high-end districts, Many landmark buildings in China have been successfully designed by foreign design institutes through competitive bidding. For example, the Olympic Bird's Nest Stadium, the Water Cube Natatorium, the National Grand Theater and so on are worth tens to tens of billions of dollars.

Application for studying in American landscape design:

　　 Admission Requirements for Studying Landscape Design in the United States

(1) The major of architecture (landscape design) requires applicants to have a TOEFL score of about 90 points, and most famous universities have a TOEFL score of more than 100 points, but there are special cases, such as Cornell University, whose TOEFL requirements are only 77 points; At the same time, most schools require applicants to have a GPA score of more than 3.0 (4.0 full marks), and most famous schools require more than 3.3. Some schools have higher requirements, such as the University of Texas at Austin, whose average GPA of applicants is up to 3.7. Applicants with an average GPA can consider the University of Colorado at Denver, whose GPA requirement is only 2.5.

(2) Students applying for architecture (landscape design) majors need to provide a collection of works. Although each school has special requirements for the collection of works, in general, the school focuses on the actual professional quality, that is, the quality of works. Usually, the school will require applicants to submit 15-25 pieces of works. Students should carefully organize and make a gorgeous collection of works, and write a paragraph of explanation for each work.

(3) The undergraduate professional background of the candidates of architecture (landscape design) majors is mostly architectural design, urban planning, landscape design and other majors.

      The employment prospect of landscape design major after graduation in the United States:

In terms of domestic development prospects, China is in the high-speed development period of urbanization process. A large number of farmers are gradually pouring into cities, making big cities into megacities and medium-sized cities into big cities. Therefore, many community design and environmental design in the process of urbanization need landscape design talents.

The demand of landscape designers in China is very large. In the construction and management of the rapidly developing human settlements in China's urbanization, they have encountered unprecedented crises and challenges, and the landscape design professionals are scarce.

Although the employment prospects of landscape designers are very good, their professional quality is also very high. Only with certain artistic skills, professional knowledge and a certain sense of teamwork can a qualified landscape designer be truly achieved.

　　 Application materials for studying landscape design in the United States

• TOEFL/IELTS scores

• GRE scores

• Resume

• Portfolio

• 2-3 letters of recommendation

• Personal statement, Essay

• Transcript

• Proof of funds

Landscape design portfolio cases

　　 1. Admission procedure

Applicants need to mail all application materials before the application deadline (the deadline of each school is different, and they should pay close attention to the relevant information on the school's official website, usually between November and January), and then apply through the school's official website application system. The school will give the applicants the relevant result information and issue the admission notice before the announcement time on its official website.

　　 2. Expenses

The annual tuition is about 200000 to 250000 yuan, and the tuition of private universities is higher than that of public universities. At the same time, the living expenses should be taken into account, about 80000 to 100000 yuan/year, which may vary according to regional differences. Therefore, applicants can make choices based on their own economic conditions.

　　 3. Suggestions

(1) Develop a reasonable application plan

Among the top 50 universities in the United States in 2015, there are 15 schools offering architecture (landscape design) majors. In order to increase the chances of admission, it is necessary to carefully understand the admission requirements and reasonable positioning of the schools' majors in combination with their own background and strength, and formulate their own high and low matching application plans accordingly.

(2) Apply early

Get qualified language scores in advance, prepare application materials in advance, and apply at least 1-2 years in advance.

(3) Attach importance to application quality

In the part of application materials, attention must be paid to the quality of landscape design works collection, highlighting personal characteristics, work personality and professionalism, and future career planning direction.

Recommended by American Landscape Design School:

Louisiana State University

The Pennsylvania State University

　　Cornell University Master of Landscape Design, Cornell University

University of Georgia

Texas A&M University

California polytechnic state university, san luis obispo

Purdue University

Ball State University

University of Iowa

　　Ohio State University Ohio State University

Michigan State University

Cal Poly Pomona California State Polytechnic University

Virginia Tech

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)

University of Oregon

The above is what Natural Light introduced to you about the career prospects, recommended colleges and application conditions of the major of landscape design in the United States. I hope it can help you! If you still have doubts, natural light is waiting for you at any time!

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