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Stanford Joint Program in Design
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<p>The Joint Program in Design (also called the Graduate Design Program or simply the Design Program) was a <a href="/facts/Postgraduate_education/VhXDbhBz">graduate</a> program jointly offered by the <a href="/facts/Stanford_University_School_of_Engineering/SMcqyH0W">Department of Mechanical Engineering</a> and the <a href="/facts/Stanford_University_School_of_Humanities_and_Sciences/CKa1rrWr">Department of Art & Art History</a> at <a href="/facts/Stanford_University/JEQeF9z2">Stanford University</a>. It was discontinued with the last cohort of students graduating in Spring 2017 and is succeeded by the Stanford Design Impact Engineering Master's Degree. The program offered degrees in Mechanical Engineering and in Fine Arts/Design and was closely connected with the <a href="/facts/Hasso_Plattner_Institute_of_Design/SmlTcBpR">Stanford d.school</a> (The d.school is not one of the seven schools at Stanford and does not grant degrees). </p><p>The program was founded in 1958, and had three full-time faculty. It maintained close links with the design and technology firms of nearby Silicon Valley. </p>