Examination subjects of Horticulture Department of China Agricultural University: political theory, foreign languages, history and theory of landscape architecture, planning and design of landscape architecture, plant application and technology, and special topics of ecology. The examination is divided into the Postgraduate Entrance Qualification Examination (GCT) and the Landscape Architecture Professional Examination and related tests.

GCT examination is a national joint examination, and the work of proposition and marking is entrusted to the degree center for unified organization. Landscape architecture professional examination and related tests are organized by the admissions unit itself and the time is arranged by itself. Each enrollment unit determines its own GCT score line according to the actual situation. Candidates who have reached the GCT score stipulated by the admissions unit may apply for taking professional examinations and related tests.

Master of Landscape Architecture is a professional degree related to the qualification of landscape architecture related industries, with a specific professional background, which mainly trains applied and compound professionals for landscape architecture related industries.

The master's degree in landscape architecture should master the solid basic theory and systematic professional knowledge in the related fields of landscape architecture, have considerable humanistic quality and have the ability to independently undertake the design, construction, protection and management of landscape architecture. The enrollment target of master of landscape architecture is generally undergraduate graduates, who have some practical experience in related fields of landscape architecture.