Faced with climate change, systemic racism, and growing inequity, communities need forward-thinking approaches to urbanism now more than ever. Practice-based and rooted deeply in the network of communities we serve, our alliance of four graduate-level programs works to address these evolving threats, working in partnership to build asset-based solutions at the intersection of environment, equity, culture, and economy.
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Programs
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Historic Preservation, MS
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Sustainable Environmental Systems, MS
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Urban and Community Planning, MS
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Urban Placemaking and Management, MS
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Community Planning, Advanced Certificate
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Historic Preservation, Advanced Certificate
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Sustainable Environmental Systems, Advanced Certificate
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Urban Placemaking, Advanced Certificate
![GCPE students clean the beach at Jamaica Bay during Earth Action Week](https://www.pratt.edu/architecture/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2023/08/GCPE-students-clean-the-beach-at-Jamaica-Bay-during-Earth-Action-Week-crop-scaled.jpg)
Interdisciplinary, socially engaged, and justice-driven, our tight-knit community is connected by a shared mission for transformative change.
GCPE Admissions Info Sessions
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 10am -12pm (virtual)
Thursday, October 19, 2023 3 – 5pm (In Person + Campus Tour + Studio Visit)
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 10am – 12pm (Virtual + Application Q&A)
Thursday, April 11, 2024 10am – 12pm (Virtual)
Culture & Community
![Urban Placemaking students on community engagement outings for their “Placemaking Lab: Analysis of Public Space” studio (photos by SP24 UPM Lab cohort)](https://www.pratt.edu/architecture/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Urban_placemaking_Berry_Street.jpg)
Open Streets and Open Dialogues
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![From L-R, top to bottom: Graduate students from the School of Information in Rome (photo by Francesca Strathern, MSLIS '24); Urban Placemaking and Urban and Community Planning students in Havana (photo by David Burney); Sustainable Environmental Systems students in Paris (photo by Elliott Maltby); Historic Preservation students at the Roberto Burle Marx Estate, a world heritage site near Rio de Janeiro](https://www.pratt.edu/architecture/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Updated_spring_trips_header2.jpg)
Scenes from Trips Abroad
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![a large group of people, on a red carpet, in front of an event, aerial or crane shot](https://www.pratt.edu/architecture/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/F23-S24-GCPE-Admission-Info-Session-Sep12-Lauren-Goshinski.jpg)
![people using building blocks, at a table, two sets of hands working](https://www.pratt.edu/architecture/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/F23-S24-GCPE-Admission-Info-Session-Oct19-Lauren-Goshinski.jpg)
GCPE Admissions Info Session (in-person + tour + studio visit)
October 19, 2023 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Higgins Hall
Event
![Member of the Pratt community, speaking to a group of students on a stoop](https://www.pratt.edu/architecture/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/F23-S24-GCPE-Admission-Info-Session-Nov14-Lauren-Goshinski.jpg)
GCPE Admissions Info Session (virtual + application Q&A)
November 14, 2023 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Online
Event
![Students looking over schematics](https://www.pratt.edu/architecture/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/F23-S24-GCPE-Admission-Info-Session-Apr11-Lauren-Goshinski.jpg)