page_title: Harvard Graduate School of Design
section_title: Student body
hierarchical_section_title: Harvard Graduate School of Design / Student body
caption_attribution_description: English: Harvard Graduate Council
context_page_description: The Harvard Graduate School of Design is a graduate school of design at Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the GSD offers master's and doctoral programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, urban design, real estate, design engineering, and design studies.
  The GSD has over 13,000 alumni and has graduated many famous architects, urban planners, and landscape architects. The school is considered a global academic leader in the design fields.
  The GSD has the world's oldest landscape architecture program and North America's oldest urban planning program. Architecture was first taught at Harvard University in 1874. The Graduate School of Design was officially established in 1936, combining the three fields of architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture under one graduate school.
context_section_description: As of 2012–2013, there were 878 students enrolled. 362 students or 42% were enrolled in architecture, 182 students or 21% in landscape architecture, 161 students or 18% in urban planning, and 173 students or 20% in doctoral or design studies programs. Approximately, 65% of students were Americans. The average student is 27 years old. GSD students are represented by the Harvard Graduate Council (HGC), a university-wide student government organization. There are also several dozen internal GSD student clubs.
caption: GSD participates in the Harvard Graduate Council (HGC), a university-wide student government
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