Information about the Graduate School of Design (GSD) and Department of Urban Planning and Design: In the pursuit of more productive, equitable, sustainable, and beautiful built and natural environments, Harvard University's GSD offers a dynamic setting for the exchange of ideas across the fields of urban planning, urban design, real estate, architecture, landscape architecture, design studies, and design engineering. The Department offers graduate degrees in urban planning, urban design, and real estate and features a pedagogically diverse array of interdisciplinary studios, lecture courses, seminars, and independent research that consider practical and theoretical issues affecting cities and metropolitan areas globally.