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Harvard University: Arts & Sciences: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning

Category Architecture, Art and Social Sciences, Harvard University, USA, Undergraduate
Tags Architecture, Arts, Harvard University, Landscape, Planning, Sciences, Urban

Students may study for a PhD degree in architecture, landscape architecture, or urban planning. These three degrees are administered by a committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in cooperation with the Faculty of Design. The program is intended for persons who wish to enter teaching and advanced research careers in the history and theory of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban form from antiquity to the present; or the analysis and development of cities, landscapes, and regions with emphasis on social, economic, ecological, transportation, and infrastructural systems. (The PhD program does not prepare students for licensing as design practitioners in any of these fields. For information on professional masters’ programs, contact the Harvard Design School, Admissions Office, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (617) 495-5453.)

Applicants must have completed a four-year bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree, or a professional degree in architecture, landscape architecture, or urban planning, or the foreign equivalent of the foregoing. Students from other countries must provide proof of their command of English. To be eligible for admission, individuals must also show evidence of distinguished academic work in the field or closely-related fields, or distinguished work in the intended area of concentration. Applications from minorities are particularly welcome.

All applicants are required to indicate a -proposed major subject of study at the time of initial application. These proposed areas of study should be congruent with the interests and expertise of at least one member of the Faculties of Design or Arts and Sciences. The results of the Graduate Record General Examination (GRE) and other supporting documents specified in the GSAS Guide to Admission and Financial Aid are also required parts of the application.