The programme provides a rich learning experience for students with a passion for the environment and people, who aspire to become landscape architecture profession. It lays a foundation of both design philosophy and technical knowledge for students who intend to pursue the landscape architecture profession, providing the background training in landscape planning and spatial design skills, planting design, landscape architecture theory and history, landscape technology, and visual communication, for the students to practice or to advance to further studies in landscape architecture. It equips students with technical aptitude, professional knowledge and skills together with the necessary legal and managerial knowledge, professional language, leadership qualities, interpersonal and other generic skills, initially at a para-professional level, via the blending of theoretical knowledge and practical application, to enable them to pursue careers in the profession of landscape architecture. It also aims to cultivate a holistic approach to design education that encompasses both conceptual and professional concerns leading to graduates capable of independent decision-making.
The programme is designed with an emphasis on generic, language and communication training, whole-person development and workplace experience to better prepare students for further studies and employment after graduation.
Please refer to General Entrance Requirement
Graduates may be employed as landscape architectural assistants, project assistants and technical officers in landscape architectural firms, contractors, developers, and public sector. Graduates may also work for industries related to built environment design.
For graduates who opt for further studies, they may apply for the Degree programmes offered by local recognised universities.
Students are eligible to apply for student membership of the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects (HKILA) and of the Hong Kong Designers Association (HKDA). Graduates with relevant Master's Degree and attaining the prescribed amount of relevant work experience can sit for professional examinations for membership in professional organisations and be qualified as Registered Landscape Architects.
1. Students may be required to attend classes on other VTC campuses. VTC reserves the right to cancel any programme, revise programme content or change the offering institute(s) / campus(es) / class venue(s) if circumstances so warrant.
2. This new programme with Chinese (Putonghua) as the medium of instruction (including some modules taught entirely in English) will be offered in the 2025/26 academic year. The accreditation of programme by the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications will be conducted in 2025.
3.The programme is newly offered in AY 2025/26. The accreditation of the programme will be conducted in 2025.
4.Certain modules within the curriculum are delivered in Chinese. A higher level of Chinese proficiency is required.
The 1st semester Higher Diploma in Architecture, Interior and Landscape Design (Subject Group) common foundation studies curriculum:
Creative and Design Thinking+
Architectural Visualization: Hand Drawing Technique+
Design Studio: Spatial Definition+
History and Theory of Design: Introduction+
Principles of Building: Structure and Construction+
Expanded Studies: Local Field Trip+
Essential Workplace Communication: Effective Oral Interaction+
Whole Person Development - MindShift: Achieving Personal Growth & Effectiveness+
IT Essentials - Design+
Semester 2:
Cultural Studies+
History and Theory: Contemporary Landscape Design
Landscape Design Studio: Domestic Landscape
Landscape Visualization: Hand to Digital+
Principles of Landscape: Plants and Design
Professional Practice: Portfolio and Career Management
Expanded Studies: Site Fundamentals
Vocational Chinese Communication: Putonghua Conversation and Reports
Essential Workplace Communication: Digital Written Correspondence+
Whole Person Development - Collaboration, Teamwork & Social Engagement (Part 1) +
Semester 3:
Aesthetics and Semiotics+
Landscape Design Studio: Site and City
Expanded Studies: Community Workshop
Expanded Studies: Urban Public Spaces
Professional Workplace Communication: Storytelling and Job Search+
Whole Person Development - Collaboration, Teamwork & Social Engagement (Part 2) +
Enrichment Module B+
Semester 4:
History and Theory: Research Process and Practice
Landscape Design Studio: Cultural Landscape
Landscape Visualization: Computer Aided Design 2D+3D+
Principles of Landscape: Landscape Ecology
Expanded Studies: Vernacular Landscapes
Vocational Chinese Communication: Putonghua Presentations and Promotional Text Writing
Professional Workplace Communication: Proposal and Report Writing+
Enrichment Module A+
Semester 5:
History and Theory: Chinese Landscape Design
Landscape Visualization: Computer Aided Design 3D+4D+
Principles of Landscape: Sustainable Landscape Design
Professional Practice: Landscape Design and Business
Graduation Project for Landscape Architecture
Professional Workplace Communication: Pitching and Persuasive Presentation+
Whole Person Development - Enhancing Competencies in the 21st Century Workplace+
Modules across semesters:
Industrial Attachment
+Modules to be delivered in English
Remark : The curriculum includes two Enrichment Modules.