Bachelor (Hons) - Urban Design and Landscape Architecture
- 4 years
- Duration
- 7,875 EUR/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Girne / Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Location
Program description
In order to conserve, restore, and enhance existing landscapes as well as develop new ones in urban areas, students can acquire fundamental skills in the ARUCAD Urban Design and Landscape Architecture Department. These abilities are intended to improve human life quality. By obtaining theoretical knowledge and practical skills in biodiversity protection, sustainable food production in rural regions, and the creation of visually striking urban landscapes, students develop the ability to produce solutions to environmental concerns.
Graduates may find employment in municipal government, the ministries of environment and urbanization, culture and tourism, energy and natural resources, forestry and water affairs, the general directorate of national parks, the general directorate of highways, non-society organizations, and urban design and urbanization, architecture, and construction offices.
Program structure
1st year
- Studio 1
- Research Methods and Discourses
- Cultural & Contextual Studies I
- Design Communication 1
- Introduction to Landscape Architecture
- Colloquium 1
- Academic English I
- Studio 2
- Design Communication 2
- Cultural & Contextual Studies 2
- Theory of Landscape Architecture
- Ecology and Design
- Colloquium 2
- Academic English I
2nd year
- Digital Tools in Design
- Cultural & Contextual Studies 3
- Plant Materials 1
- Landscape Project 1
- Landscape Ecology
- Atatürk’s Principles and History of Turkish Revolution I
- Turkish Language I
- Colloquium 3
- Digital Tools in Design 2
- Introduction to Urban Concepts
- Plant Materials 2
- Landscape Project 2
- Urban Ecology
- Internship 1
- Atatürk's Principles and History of Turkish Revolution II
- Turkish Language II
- Colloquium 4
3rd year
- Landscape Planning
- Resource Analysis and Management
- Landscape Construction and Engineering 1
- Planting Design
- Architecture and the City
- Colloquium
- Urban Landscape Planning and Design
- Landscape Management
- Landscape Construction and Engineering 2
- Natural Vegetation
- Internship 2
- Colloquium 6
4th year
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Graduation Project 1
- Theory of Social-Ecological Landscape System
- Design of the Built Environment
- Graduation Project 2
- Landscape Rehabilitation Techniques
- Vertical Landscape Design
Price
- Tuition fee - 7,875 EUR/year (1,050 EUR registration fee is included)
Requirements for applicants
- High School Diploma + Transcript (translated to English and notarized)
- Portfolio (scan copies of your works related to a programme applying for)
- Scanned copy of your Passport (photo page)
- Minimum IELTS 5.0 or TOEFL 60 (In the absence of such, students will take the language proficiency exam upon arrival. Please note that all our programmes are taught in English)
About the university
Arkin University of Creative Arts and Design (ARUCAD), established in 2017 in North Cyprus, is a specialized art institution that focuses solely on the creative and communicative arts. With a focus on traditional, modern, and contemporary art education and training, and recognizing the inseparable link between theory and practice, ARUCAD aspires to become one of the most prestigious universities in art education by helping its students continuously improve their creative productivity through interdisciplinary and cross-cultural programs.
All aspects of the classroom will promote a culture of respect for the natural world, recycling, health and safety, and cultural, racial, and religious diversity. The "learning while producing, producing while learning" model of education seeks to foster more in-depth creative and critical thinking by bringing together students' real-world experiences, academic studies, and professional work.
Mission
Using the ephemeral aspects of art, design, and communication, ARUCAD seeks to make cultural and intellectual contributions to society while also developing a higher education environment with a creative, egalitarian, and innovative perspective that will satisfy the requirements of the period.
Vision
The vision of ARUCAD is to create a space that is contemporary, innovative, questioning, and production-oriented, bringing together local and international art, design, and communication.
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