Kent State University’s College of Architecture + Environmental Design (CAED) Cleveland Studio is co-located with the CUDC and is the home of the Masters of Urban Design and the Master of Landscape Architecture programs as well as select students from the Master of Architecture program. The programs at the Cleveland site benefit from proximity to numerous institutional and educational partners, including Cleveland State University’s Levin College of Urban Affairs. Thanks to the program’s convenient location, it is easy for students to benefit from regular contact with community members, activists, public officials, and design professionals. In many cases, Kent State’s Cleveland site has fostered early speculation and dialogue about design and planning problems in Cleveland, and student work often plays a central role in influencing the civic agenda.

CUDC staff support the academic programs in several key ways: coordinating the INDEX Studio, leading the Midwest Urban Design Charrette, and serving as capstone advisers.