The Arts Tower as seen from Weston Park in the autumn. Western Bank library at the foot of the Arts Tower.

School of Architecture and Landscape

We are one of the leading schools of architecture and landscape architecture in the UK. Our world-renowned researchers and practitioners are committed to developing the next generation and having a positive and lasting impact on the places we live, work and relax.

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Undergraduate Landscape Architecture students
Undergraduate study 
Sustainable Architecture students at exhibition
Masters study 
Student using light board in studio
MArch programmes 
Summer Exhibition models in Arts Tower Studios

How we rank

We're 1st for architecture in the 2025 Complete University Guide and 1st in the Russell Group for teaching in landscape design in the National Student Survey (NSS) 2024.

Our research

Grey to Green, Sheffield
Research 
PhD landscape students
PhD study 

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Students' Union building at night
Students' Union  
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News

Four students and volunteers stood at the Scraith Wood Community Garden with spades and gardening tools

Sheffield students to makeover derelict plot into community garden

A derelict and overgrown plot of land is being transformed into a flourishing community garden thanks to a collaboration between University of Sheffield students and the Scraith Wood Tenants and Residents Association (TARA).
Landscape Architecture Exhibition 2022

Sheffield receives top rankings in the UK for Landscape Design in the National Student Survey

The University of Sheffield leads in teaching and resources, as ranked by students in the 2024 NSS results.

Doctor Hellen Hall standing and smiling in a green meadow with blue skies

Transdisciplinary fellowship success: growing collaborations between Landscape Architecture and Health at Sheffield

Congratulations to Dr Helen Hoyle who has been awarded a prestigious 24-month NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR) Transdisciplinary Fellowship.
The urban room, Live Works, showing students interacting with the public in the forecourt outside the Urban Room

Live Works plays leading role in the growth of Urban Rooms across the UK

Towns and cities are opening Urban Rooms - spaces where people can come together to help create a future for their local area. Our urban room, Live Works, was set up in 2014 and is the first permanent university-funded urban room in the UK.

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The Arts Tower as seen from Weston Park in the autumn. Western Bank library at the foot of the Arts Tower.