Advanced Studies Programs

From the built environment to the various systems and objects that support contemporary life, design has become a pervasive dimension of our world that requires complex knowledge.

The Advanced Studies Programs (ASP) brings together a range of programs that share a common focus on impact through design research, envisaged in close relationship but not necessarily through the practice of design. As such, it doesn’t prepare to embrace a specific design profession but is meant to promote innovative thinking related to architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and urban planning, as well as to more general system thinking applied to society and the human environment.

Fundamentally interdisciplinary, it mobilizes a variety of fields ranging from history to technology, and from the social sciences to ecology. ASP offers two doctoral degrees, the PhD in Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning and the Doctor of Design, as well as two master degrees, the Master in Design Studies and the Master of Design Engineering.

degree programs

Master in Design Engineering

The Master in Design Engineering program prepares the next generation of leaders to create transformative solutions that positively improve society. The integrated fields of design and engineering are uniquely positioned to address the world’s toughest challenges.
Master in Design Studies

Design necessarily engages the most urgent and complex conditions of our time, and the Master in Design Studies program empowers students to address those conditions head on. The program is aimed at those who want to pair their design knowledge with tools to enable careers in public service, academia, NGOs, innovative ventures, as well as developing specific expertise for design…
Doctor of Design

The DDes program is geared towards applied research that advances design related knowledge in a broad range of scales from product design to buildings and landscapes to urban design and regional planning.
Doctor of Philosophy

The PhD program is geared towards individuals who wish to enter academic teaching and research careers. Students are afforded a high degree of flexibility in their studies, however areas of work are broadly organized into the following areas: the Theory and History of Architecture, Architectural Technology, the Theory and History of Landscape Architecture, and the Evolution of Cities and Regions.