Harvard Graduate School of Design

Harvard Graduate School of Design
Coat of arms
TypePrivate graduate school of design
Established
  • 1874 (first courses taught)
  • 1936 (GSD established)
Parent institution
Harvard University
DeanSarah Whiting
Academic staff
206
Students
  • 878
  • 362 (architecture)
  • 161 (urban planning and design)
  • 182 (landscape architecture)
  • 173 (doctoral/design studies)
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts
,
U.S.

42°22′33″N 71°06′50″W / 42.3758°N 71.1139°W / 42.3758; -71.1139
CampusUrban
Websitewww.gsd.harvard.edu

The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is the graduate school of design at Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It offers master's and doctoral programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, urban design, real estate,[1] design engineering, and design studies.

The GSD has over 13,000 alumni and has graduated many famous architects, urban planners, and landscape architects. The school is considered a global academic leader in design fields.[2][3]

The GSD has the world's oldest landscape architecture program (founded in 1893) and North America's oldest urban planning program (founded in 1900). Architecture was first taught at Harvard University in 1874.[4] The Graduate School of Design was officially established in 1936, combining the three fields of landscape architecture, urban planning, and architecture under one graduate school.[5]

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  4. ^ "Harvard Graduate School of Design". www.gsd.harvard.edu.
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