The University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong
The information in this page (except Statistics) is provided by the institution. Should there be any discrepancies between information listed here and on the institutions' websites, the latter shall prevail.
Please contact the respective institution directly if you have any enquiries.
JS6028
Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Studies 園境學文學士
BA(LS)
Short Description
The Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Studies [BA(LS)] is an internationally recognised undergraduate degree offered by the Division of Landscape Architecture. Our programme delivers a broadly comprehensive education in the landscape architecture discipline. We teach the knowledge, concepts and skills required to respond creatively, professionally and ethically to the urgent social and environmental challenges faced by our cities and regions today. Students graduating from our BA(LS) programme may continue their studies in the professionally-accredited Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) programme at HKU, or apply for study in some of the world’s top postgraduate programmes.
Landscape architecture is an increasingly critical discipline that binds a core capacity in design and planning with fluency in ecology, civil engineering, and geography. This interdisciplinarity extends back to landscape architecture’s origins, where the profession and its antecedents engaged with the challenges of human settlement and environmental risk; planning for health, recreation, and conservation in the industrialising city; and remediating the landscapes of pollution that followed. Landscape architecture today faces challenges of rapid urbanisation, resource depletion, climate change, rising sea-levels, and declining biodiversity. Whether you end up engaging with a corporate client, informing a government body, or participating with an environmental non-profit, our degree will give you the critical, creative, and intellectual tools to advocate for just and sustainable change moving forward.
Remarks:
-
Programme Website
Requirements
- Programme Entrance Requirements
- General Entrance Requirements
Candidates are required to take part in the Creative Design Response, a short exercise designed to allow candidates to express their creativity and independent thinking. The criteria measured by the exercise include critical analysis, creative problem-solving, and self-organization. The exercise proposes a new question every year and is completed at home and submitted as a digital upload through the programme website. Instructions for taking part in the Creative Design Response brief will be sent to all potential candidates via e-mail and posted on the programme website. Portfolio of creative work (which may include drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, creative writing, video, multi-media work) could be submitted in soft copy.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview. Candidates are strongly encouraged to show a portfolio of creative work (which may include drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, creative writing, video, multi-media work) during the interview.
The calculation of programme score considers category A subjects and may include Mathematics Extended Module 1 or 2 or category C subject whichever is higher. Please refer to hku.hk/dse for details.
The result(s) of Liberal Studies, Combined Science and Integrated Science achieved in previous sitting(s) will also be considered.
Core Subjects | Minimum Level |
---|---|
CHINESE LANGUAGE | 3 |
CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT3 | Attained |
ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 3 |
MATHEMATICS COMPULSORY PART | 2 |
Elective Subject(s) | Minimum Level |
---|---|
ANY 1 SUBJECT (EXCLUDING APPLIED LEARNING, OTHER LANGUAGE) | 3 |
ANY 1 SUBJECT (EXCLUDING APPLIED LEARNING)4 | 3 |
Or | |
ANY 1 SUBJECT (EXCLUDING APPLIED LEARNING, OTHER LANGUAGE) | 3 |
MATHEMATICS EXTENDED MODULE 1 OR 2 | 3 |
Remark:
- "Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education” is referred to as “HKDSE”.
- "Attained with Distinction" obtained prior to 2018, or "Attained with Distinction (I)" or "Attained with Distinction (II)" obtained in or after 2018, in Applied Learning subjects (other than Applied Learning Chinese) will be used as additional supporting information. In the meantime, student learning experiences in Applied Learning subjects may be considered within the context of other learning experiences in their application.
- Level 2 in Liberal Studies achieved in previous sitting will be considered in lieu of Citizenship and Social Development.
- Other Language subjects will be used as unspecified elective subjects. Please refer to hku.hk/dse for details.
- The result(s) of Combined Science and Integrated Science achieved in previous sitting(s) will also be considered.
Calculation of scores for applicants with more than 1 sitting in HKDSE Examination
In general, most of the programmes offered by HKU consider the best results achieved by candidates in different combination of sittings, except for a few programmes which only consider the latest results. Few programmes may also impose a penalty on HKDSE repeaters. Please refer to https://www.hku.hk/dse for details.
First Year Tuition Fee
HK$ 44,500
Contacts
Statistics
Application Statistics (after Modification of Programme Choices)
Year | Band A | Band B | Band C | Band D | Band E | Total |
2024 | 38 | 54 | 110 | 160 | 162 | 524 |
2023 | 38 | 61 | 116 | 151 | 194 | 560 |
2022 | 31 | 53 | 73 | 142 | 141 | 440 |
2021 | 31 | 39 | 68 | 128 | 148 | 414 |
2020 | 45 | 33 | 57 | 128 | 141 | 404 |
2019 | 37 | 45 | 93 | 136 | 174 | 485 |
2018 | 53 | 61 | 117 | 198 | 209 | 638 |
2017 | 94 | 69 | 97 | 182 | 186 | 628 |
2016 | 56 | 50 | 126 | 168 | 207 | 607 |
2015 | 59 | 63 | 115 | 207 | 272 | 716 |
2014 | 95 | 48 | 120 | 217 | 274 | 754 |
2013 | 157 | 95 | 203 | 320 | 392 | 1167 |
2012 | 70 | 78 | 167 | 249 | 331 | 895 |
Offer Statistics (as at the Announcement of the Main Round Offer Results)
Year | Band A | Band B | Band C | Band D | Band E | Total |
2024 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
2023 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2021 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
2020 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
2019 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
2018 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
2017 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
2016 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
2015 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
2014 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
2013 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
2012 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
1As the 2025/26 academic year is the beginning of the 2025/26 - 2027/28 triennium for which the allocation of UGC-funded places is still subject to the Government's approval, the number of intake places shown above is indicative only and subject to changes or confirmation.