Who we are?
Bilkent LAUD is the first and pioneering undergraduate program in Turkey bringing together urban design and landscape architecture. Since 1991, we train future designers who make a lasting impact on our cities, landscapes, and the lives they make possible.
With a multidisciplinary faculty spanning design, ecology, and the social and computational sciences, Bilkent LAUD's curriculum is built around enhancing the quality of life in tomorrow's urban spaces and landscapes. Students are grounded in local contexts through fieldwork and direct interaction with communities and urban actors. Our graduates leave design-oriented, ecologically grounded, socially responsive, and digitally fluent, ready to reimagine and shape the environments we all share.
Where Bilkent LAUD graduates are?
Where they work
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in private practice
About seven in ten working alumni are in the private sector. Public service follows near 11% and academia around 9%, with smaller shares in NGOs and beyond.
Where they work
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in private practice
About seven in ten working alumni are in the private sector. Public service follows near 11% and academia around 9%, with smaller shares in NGOs and beyond.
Their discipline
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in the core field
Around a quarter work directly in urban design and landscape architecture. It stays the single most common domain across all three decades.
Their discipline
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in the core field
Around a quarter work directly in urban design and landscape architecture. It stays the single most common domain across all three decades.
Their education
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are postgraduates
Two in five hold a master’s or doctorate, roughly 32% a master’s and 8% a PhD. The postgraduate share rises with every decade.
Their education
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are postgraduates
Two in five hold a master’s or doctorate, roughly 32% a master’s and 8% a PhD. The postgraduate share rises with every decade.
Their reach
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build careers abroad
Nearly a third work abroad at some point, and about 25% are currently based outside Türkiye. Their postgraduate study alone spans 13 countries.
Their reach
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build careers abroad
Nearly a third work abroad at some point, and about 25% are currently based outside Türkiye. Their postgraduate study alone spans 13 countries.
Where a LAUD degree can take you
71% work in the private sector, with 11% in public service and 9% in academia.
40% hold a postgraduate degree, including 8% with a doctorate.
70% are based in Türkiye, 30% abroad.
Core discipline
Most alumni practise urban design and landscape architecture, the field they trained in.
Policy making
Next come government bodies, municipalities and ministries.
Academia
A strong presence in academic and research posts, in Türkiye and abroad.
Beyond
Business, art & culture and digital & technology stand out among the rest.