DISC: Design & Innovation for Sustainable Cities

DISC is an immersive five-week summer program designed for college students interested in learning how to address the urgent issues of climate change, urban health, & social equity through built environment design. The full-time program fosters a multidisciplinary and international learning environment that empowers students with the tools and expertise necessary to craft innovative design-based solutions.

DISC is open to eligible students from any college or university. International participants are welcome and encouraged to apply. No prior experience in design is necessary.

Guided by UC Berkeley faculty, expert professionals, designers, makers, and entrepreneurs, DISC students confront the most pressing challenges facing cities. Through studio sessions, lectures, workshops, and fieldwork, they have the opportunity to test their own creative ideas while working with some of the most renowned researchers and practitioners from the San Francisco Bay Area.

DISC alumni have been accepted to graduate programs at Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Rice, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington, Yale, & UC Berkeley.