The Graduate Institute of Landscape Architecture and Recreation Management, formally the Graduate Institute of Rural Planning and Landscaping was established after the closing of the Department of Rural Planning in the restructuring of College of Management in 2005.
Landscape architecture and recreation management are the two major teaching and research directions for this institute. The courses of landscape architecture offered by this institute are mainly for training students with the capability of integrating the natural and human-cultural landscape resources to create the superior living environment, providing the smooth and enjoyable recreational spaces for tourists forincubatingstudents into superior specialist in landscape planning and design. Courses of recreation management that offered are to research the recreational and leisure behaviors and activities of the tourist and to understand the developmental trends of leisure and recreation industry to cultivate students to become the superior specialists in recreation marketing and management.The educational objective of this institute is toincubate students to become the superior specialists in landscape planning and design or recreation marketing and management.
Currently, there are 9 doctorial faculty members including full-time and adjunct ones. In which, there are 5 Professors, 2 Associate Professor, 2 Assistant Professors. Besides, specialized and experienced adjunct professors are hired to assist the teaching assignment.
Specialized Classroom
Drawing room
Recreation Management and Urban and Rural Development Classroom
Architecture and Landscape Classroom
Geographic Information System Classroom
Landscape and Recreation Environment Planning Classroom
Library
Hardware:
Personal computers, Servers, e-desk, Interactive screen, Projectors, Digital cameras,
Scanner, Video cameras, Drawing desks, Slide projectors, Video editors, Drawing
copier, Printers, Plotters, Copier, Measuring equipments, Gardening equipments,
Drawing collectors, etc.
Software:
Land CAD, AutoCAD, Statistical Package, Globe GPS, GIS, Spatial analysis package, etc.
Employment
1. Government’s position:
The landscape planning, sightseeing, and tourism management related divisions in the government agencies.
2. Industry position:
The landscape planning and design companies, sightseeing and tourism planning and consulting companies,
engineering planning and consulting companies, recreational development companies, and sightseeing and
travelling industries.
3. Education position:
Teachers and faculty members in the schools/universities.
4. Others: Planner and managerof the third sector or local community development associations.
Advanced study