On December 22nd, 2017. Experts from the landscape architecture discipline appraisal group of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, National Educational Steering Committee on Landscape Architecture Professional Degree, and relevant universities, institutes, enterprises, made an assessment and gave a pass on the self-assessment of Landscape Architecture Academic / Professional Degree Program of our university.

During the procedure, the experts group debriefed the review report, held round table symposiums with tutors, managers, postgraduates both from academic and professional degree, sampled master's degree treatises, re-examined the doctoral dissertations from 2012 to 2016. The assessment report was then publicized based on above results.

The experts group all agreed that the construction of the Landscape Architecture discipline in the School of Architecture in SCUT was effective in recent years, with a high-standard platform for the integration of education, research and production, a multi-discipline and innovative teaching and research team. It has an advanced education concept with strong characters and prominent achievements. It is one of the main basement of landscape architectural researches and practices.