The Urban Design Education




Following the 1956 Urban Design conference, Harvard University established the first graduate program with urban design in its title, The Master of Architecture in Urban Design, although as a subject taught in universities its history in Europe is far older. Urban design programs explore the built environment from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and points of view. The pedagogically innovative combination of interdisciplinary studios, lecture courses, seminars, and independent study creates an intimate and engaged educational atmosphere in which students thrive and learn. Soon after in 1961, Washington University in St. Louis founded their Master of Urban Design program. Today, eighteen urban design programs exist in the United States:

  • Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI
  • Ball State University - Indianapolis, IN
  • Columbia University - New York, NY
  • City College of New York - New York, NY
  • Georgia Tech - Atlanta, GA
  • Harvard University - Cambridge, MA
  • Iowa State University - Ames, IA
  • New York Institute of Technology - New York, NY
  • Pratt - Brooklyn, NY
  • Savannah College of Art and Design - Savannah, GA
  • University of California - Berkeley, CA
  • University of Maryland - College Park, MD
  • University of Miami - Miami, FL
  • University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI
  • University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame, IN
  • University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA
  • University of Texas - Austin, TX
  • Washington University in St. Louis - St. Louis, MO

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