The study is focused on scientific research of the evaluation and assessment of soil, water and air quality and protection and the prediction of climatic and anthropogenic impacts on aquatic and terrestrial habitats. The graduate has extensive knowledge in several branches of the discipline which serves as a basis for conducting research and development and formulating new findings for innovation and development of professional practice in landscaping. He/she masters scientific methods of research and development necessary for investigating and solving problems of interactions between society and landscape components in natural and technical systems including the design of structural and nature-friendly measures against natural threats. He/she masters scientific methods of inventory, analysis and assessment of landscape space in terms of landscape-ecological, socio-economic, historical-developmental, psychosocial and other aspects. The graduate has a broad interdisciplinary knowledge necessary in landscaping and urban planning.
In accordance with his/her study program, the graduate masters and can choose specific scientific methods of basic and applied research of the landscape, habitat quality and the impact of anthropogenic activities on biota. He/she formulates new hypotheses and develops strategies for further research and development of the study field. The graduate evaluates theories, concepts and innovations and can apply his/her own findings from his/her theoretical analysis and complex scientific research to solve problems in the discipline. He/she practically masters selected research methods and applies them in the search for new technologies, technical details and important interactive systemic connections. He/she identifies, classifies, interprets and applies knowledge using qualitative and quantitative data analysis. Based on his/her outputs and findings, he/she can design, verify and implement new research and work practices while considering potential impacts of designed solutions. The graduate is characterized by independent, critical and analytical thinking in changing conditions. He/she can manage research teams focused on solving problems of the development of the discipline, even at international level. He/she considers social, scientific and ethical aspects when formulating research objectives and interpreting research results. The graduate can independently present research and development results to professional community.
The graduate can: • guide specialist engineers so that urban planning leads to sustainable development, • creatively use acquired knowledge in applied research and production practice in landscaping, • work independently with advanced mathematical and statistical methods, ecological modelling including emergent properties of ecosystems, scaling, risk assessment, as well as in socio-economic and sector-political aspects of ecosystem services, • work as a member or leader of institutional or inter-institutional research and realization teams, nationally or internationally, as a senior manager in specialized state administration bodies and in business companies conducting their own research or innovations in forest ecosystem services, or be employed as a teacher at the university, • design effective solutions of environmental problems, solutions for environmentally friendly use of the landscape, natural resources and for the protection of nature and environmental components, • use databases and information systems to obtain information on the state of the environment, • master environmental management systems and other tools and means to ensure sustainable development of the landscape, • present research results at international conferences and workshops in English.
Graduates of PhD studies at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava are in high demand in practice. This is evidenced by the interest of various construction companies, central and regional state administration authorities, as well as research institutes. From personal contacts with the representatives of business companies as well as our graduates we know that our graduates are almost without exception successful in practice and accepted in business sector. Some of them have also been very successful at foreign universities.
The university indicates professions for the practice of which the graduate is prepared after completion of studies and the potential of the study program in terms of graduate employability. Graduates of third-degree university study program Landscape Architecture will find employment in science and research departments of universities, in institutes of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (Abbreviation in Slovak: SAV) and scientific research base, in practice in solving tasks of complex planning activities with an emphasis on spatial and regional planning, in solving the landscape structure for the purposes of housing, production, recreation, in strengthening the ecological stability of the landscape, and creating a cultural and aesthetic environment using biotic and abiotic elements. Graduates can also be employed in landscape and nature protection bodies, in environmental management of production companies, in third sector organizations focused on environment, in the Slovak Water Management Company, at the Ministry of the Environment, in the Slovak Environmental Agency. The qualification of the graduate is in compliance with the requirements of the national qualification system within the Slovak Qualification Framework SKKR in the field of employment: Landscape gardener U6113003-00282.
Ing. Zuzana Pšenáková, PhD. head of the Department of Roadside Greenery, Capital City of the Slovak Republic Bratislava Ing. Martina Majorošová, PhD. head of the Department of Spatial Planning and Development, Municipality of Bratislava-Staré Mesto Ing. Ivan Stankoci, PhD. Metropolitan Institute of Bratislava (MIB), Urban Spaces Design Department Ing. Radovan Nosko, PhD. employee at the Department of Spatial Planning and Development, Municipality of Bratislava-Staré Mesto Ing. Peter Ivan, PhD. SVP - provides modelling of physical processes in the river basin Analyses in GIS, author of several impact scientific articles in WOS ( 2x 2nd quartile)
The study program is assessed by employers' representatives at the Study program Council. The record from the meeting is uploaded here: https://is.stuba.sk/dok_server/slozka.pl?id=215220
