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Admissions
Thank you for your interest in applying to the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
The Harvard Graduate School of Design offers a dynamic setting for the exchange of ideas across the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and design, and design studies—united in the pursuit of a more just, coherent, and beautiful world.
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Applying
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UPCOMING DEADLINES
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Paying for Your Program
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Contact the Admissions Office
Office of Admissions
Harvard Graduate School of Design
48 Quincy Street, Gund Hall 422
Cambridge, Massachusetts
02138admissions@gsd.harvard.edu | 617-495-3880
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