Entry to a Master’s degree requires a relevant degree with at least a B grade average in your 300-level or higher courses and final year overall (full-time equivalent). IELTS academic score of 6.5 overall, with no individual component less than 6.0; TOEFL (iBT) overall score of 80 (with at least 21 in writing and 18 in Speaking); Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) and First (FCE) overall score of 176, with no individual component less than 169; Pearson Test of English (Academic) overall score of 58 with no communicative score of less than 50; NZ Certificates in English Language (NZCEL) Level 5 (Academic or Professional Endorsement); Lincoln University English Language GCAE or LU EL 70%.

Entrance to the Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) is for graduates of an accredited Bachelor of Landscape Architecture.
BLA graduates with a first or second class degree with division one Honours are eligible for direct entry to the MLA (both taught and thesis-based).
BLA graduates without Honours or with second class division two honours will normally have to complete a bridging programme comprising the Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Studies, reaching a minimum B average.
If you’re intending to undertake a thesis, you should achieve a B+ average in the Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Studies.

If English is not your first language, you will need to demonstrate the minimum standards for entry to the programme:

• IELTS academic score of 6.5 overall, with no individual component less than 6.0
• TOEFL (iBT) overall score of 80 (with at least 21 in writing and 18 in Speaking)
• Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) and First (FCE) overall score of 176, with no individual component less than 169
• Pearson Test of English (Academic) overall score of 58 with no communicative score of less than 50
• Lincoln University English Language GCAE or LU EL 70%.