• Sit in on studios: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
• School Tour: 4:30 p.m.
• Program Overview + Panel Discussion: 5:30-7:00 p.m. (Sciame Auditorium/107 + Zoom option)
• Portfolio Feedback: 7:00-7:30 p.m.

Register here. 

Are you passionate about designing urban parks and public spaces while addressing today's social and environmental challenges through ecology, planning, and policy making? Join us to explore how our MLA program equips you to create sustainable and resilient landscapes.⁠ Learn about the Spitzer School's Master of Landscape Architecture program, which is open to students from all undergraduate backgrounds. This evening event will include studio visits, a welcome by Dean Marta Gutman, a program overview by Program Director Zihao Zhang, an admissions overview by Hannah Borgeson, a panel discussion with Q&A with current students and faculty, and an opportunity for feedback on your portfolio materials.

Panelists TBA

The Master of Landscape Architecture program prepares students to be leaders in the field through innovative research and practice in urban ecological design, planning, and policymaking. The program aims to reimagine and rethink the profession’s current and future challenges through the lenses of social, environmental, and multi-species justice, including rapid urbanization, resource extraction and management, the interface of nature and technology, ongoing species extinctions, and the climate emergency.

• Duration: Three years, full time, 90 credits.
• Curriculum: First is a foundation year of skill-building, followed by four more semesters of research seminars + studios, upper-level required classes, and electives.

This program is STEM designated and LAAB accredited.

Admissions

This program is open to students who hold any type of undergraduate degree. Our next priority deadline is in January 2026 to begin studies in Fall 2026. Please see instructions on our Graduate Application Instructions page.

Accreditation

The Master of Landscape Architecture Program at the City College of New York’s Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture is fully accredited by the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board. Click here for full accreditation details and other public information.

STEM Designation

The MLA program is listed within the U.S. government’s official STEM fields list and are therefore eligible for the STEM OPT extension for F-1 students. See the STEM OPT Hub for more information.