Welcome! Please find below many useful links and contacts. If you have questions, please contact us.

Requirement Guidelines and Resources
MDes Degree Requirements for students entering Fall 2020
MDes Degree Requirements for students entering Fall 2021
MDes Program Canvas Site
MDes Thesis Canvas Site
MDes Thesis Handbook
MDes-Thesis-Cover-Page
Loeb Library Guide for Thesis Submission
Academic Writing Resources

Fellowships & Prizes
MDes Annual Research & Development Award
GSD Student Conference Attendance Fund
Gerald M. McCue Medal for highest overall academic record at the GSD
Dimitris Pikionis Award for outstanding academic performance by MDes student
Daniel L. Schodek Award for Technology and Sustainability – awarded annually in recognition of the best MDes theses in the area of technology and sustainable design
The Design Studies Thesis Prize – awarded to the student(s) with the best project in any MDes area of concentration as judged by faculty
Digital Design Prize (call for submissions from the Office of Student Affairs in early May each year)
Leadership in Real Estate Award
Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld Prize
Plimpton-Poorvu Design Prize

Program Staff
Margaret Moore de Chicojay, Program Administrator
[email protected]

Liz Thorstenson, Program Coordinator
[email protected]