Design, the Georgia Tech Way

We think it's important to understand how technology enables better design, and how to fuse that technology into buildings, products, lifestyles, cities, regions, and even healthcare.

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See the Marching Band Like Never Before!

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Marching Band just got a brand new website. Learn about our diverse marching band, its 111-year history, and the people who come together to keep music, spirit, and tradition alive at Georgia Tech.

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Marching Band Leaders: 95 Years Of Helping Atlanta

A black and white photo from 1924 showing band leaders holding instruments in a practice space.

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Marching Band was founded in 1908 by 14 Georgia Tech students. Expectedly, this marching band was pretty good at math and engineering. But it may surprise you to learn how exceptional they have been -- and still are -- at leadership.

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Majors and Degrees

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Undergraduate Programs

Our bachelor of science degrees combine creativity, collaboration, and technology.
Shimon the robotic, improvising, and singing robot plays music with graduate students.

Graduate Programs

Our graduate students use design to solve real-world problems and develop new technologies.
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Degrees and Certificates

A full list of the College of Design degrees, minors, and certificates.

Natural Disasters, Extreme Weather Complicate Holiday Travel

Dean Steven P. French and professor Catherine Ross weigh in on the ways natural disasters and extreme weather will affect Thanksgiving travel in several parts of the country this year. From Oklahoma to California, holiday trips will be very different this year.

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Visit Us

Prospective undergraduate students are invited to explore our facilities up-close. An information session with our admissions advisor is followed by a tour of studio and jury spaces, classrooms and computer labs, the design shop, the Galloway Café, and other favorite gathering spots.

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Latest News

Photo of School of Architecture faculty flying a drone.

HPB Lab Awarded $1.4M From DOE

Lab to develop building envelope diagnostics, modeling.
Photo of Jason Barnes behind a drum kit wearing a prosthetic drumming arm.

CMT Prosthetic Drum Arm Wins Guinness

Drummer uses CMT technology to win a Guinness World Record.
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Architecture Students Win First Prize

Our students won the HERE + NOW international student design competition.
A photo of the Atlanta Hilton lobby, full of costumed convention goers during Dragon Con, with the student BuzzRa project on the right.

Design Geeks Out About Fan Conventions

Faculty and students from our Schools and Research Centers analyze Dragon Con.
A children's hospital worker wears protective clothing in a quarantine room.

SimTigrate’s Research Published by CDC

The lab's design of biocontainment units is in use at two Atlanta hospitals.
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Handbook of Int'l Planning Education

Our Dean, Associate Dean for Research, and two school chairs edited this first-ever book.
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MSUD Is Now STEM

The Board of Regents of Georgia granted the degree STEM-accreditation.
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Planning Studio Takes Students to Varanasi

City and Regional Planning students studies the smart city ambitions of Varanasi.

Design Research

Our six research centers focus on a range of crucial issues, many of which impact our daily lives. Our topics include the development of cities and regions, the healthcare environment, helping those with physical limitations, and new ways to create music.

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College of Design Events

November 7, 2019

New Voices in Design Research, Fall 2019

Meet new faculty from Architecture, Industrial Design, and City Planning.
November 7, 2019

Healthy Lighting Design for Older Adults

This seminar will describe specific lighting needs of this growing population.
November 8, 2019

World Town Planning Day

Celebrate World Town Planning Day in the Kendeda Building.
December 12, 2019

Fall 2019 Launchpad

Student work from all years and programs in the Georgia Tech School of Industrial Design.

Media Inquiries

 
Ann Hoevel
Director of Communications
College of Design
E-mail Ann Hoevel
+1 404-385-0693