Academics
Departments
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The Department of Architecture offers students an educational experience that explores today’s most creative design approaches, taught by an international faculty prominent across the field.
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The Department of Landscape Architecture at Harvard is home to the oldest and most distinguished academic program in landscape architecture in the world.
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The Department of Urban Planning and Design offers a professional degree in urban planning and a post-professional degree in urban design. It is also home to the new Master in Real Estate degree.
Academic programs
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Receive an accredited professional degree in architecture with our MArch I and MArch II programs
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The GSD offers three distinct landscape architecture program streams leading to the MLA, each of which advances research and design practices in the natural and built environments
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Choose from a degree in urban design, urban planning, or joint and concurrent degrees.
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A 12-month degree program for individuals interested in traditional real estate skills and learning how well-designed real estate can advance metropolitan areas worldwide.
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The MDE program prepares students to create transformative solutions that positively improve society through integrating the fields of design and engineering.
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The MDes post professional program empowers students to address the most urgent and complex conditions of our time through design.
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Students may study for a PhD degree in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning. An additional track in Architectural Technology is also available.
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The Doctor of Design (DDes) program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design is a leading doctoral degree program for highly creative and motivated professionals who wish to conduct rigorous, intensive design research.
Educational Experiences
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Option Studios are advanced, faculty-guided courses where students research real-world sites globally and develop projects that inform future design and public interaction with the built environment.
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During January, GSD community members can attend voluntary, non-credit workshops, taught by guests and peers, to build skills, try something new, or simply have fun.
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The GSD offers a range of non-degree programs geared toward a broad spectrum of learners, including high school students, working professionals, and independent researchers.