Harvard Graduate School of Design

Harvard Graduate School of Design

The School of Design (also known as GSD) at Harvard is a professional graduate school of Harvard University, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It offers several master's programs-Master of Architecture (March), Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA), Master of Architecture in Urban Design (MAUD), Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design (MLAUD), Master of Urban Planning (MUP ), Master of Design Studies (MDesS) concentrations over eight doctoral PhD programs in Design (DDes) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - several executive education programs and career discovery program. It also administers the scholarship Loeb and many research initiatives. The school also publishes the bi-annual Design Harvard and other books and works of study design.

International teachers of the school provides a wide range of design philosophies and visions. A survey of industry leaders is classified Department of Architecture at number one in the United States for six consecutive years and the Department of Landscape Architecture GSD number one for four consecutive years. The market value of the endowment of the school for the 2008-2009 fiscal year was approximately $ 314 million. Laboratory defunct school of Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis (LCGSA) is widely recognized as the research environment / development of technology now marketed Geographic Information Systems (GIS) emerged in the late 1960s and 1970s . Recent research initiatives include the design Robotics Group, a unit that investigates new material systems and manufacturing technologies in the context of architectural design and construction.