Evaluating the contributions of internship to landscape architecture education

Aim: the aim of this study was to determine the contribution of internship on landscape architecture education in Turkey. Methodology: A questionnaire study on plantation and office internship was undertaken on 4th year students following the completion of their internship training. in all 411 questionnaire forms were filled in a semi structured interview/questionnaire. the descriptive statistics in the SPSS 22 program was used for the evaluation. Results : the findings revealed that internship is considered necessary in terms of education and working life of a landscape architect. the findings have shown that internship duration was insufficient, its scope/number was inadequate, the placementof place was problematic, and its program was unclear, the process was uncontrolled and the evaluation was ineffective. Interpretation: in order to increase the contribution of the internship to the landscape architecture education, proposals such as increasing the internship period, development of internship scope/number,establishment of internship place database, supervising internship process, creation of internship training program and effective internship exams have been proposed.