diff --git a/schematics/collection.json b/schematics/collection.json
index 6cd12e815f24..19c7407b8916 100644
--- a/schematics/collection.json
+++ b/schematics/collection.json
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 {
   "$schema": "./node_modules/@angular-devkit/schematics/collection-schema.json",
   "schematics": {
+    // Create a dashboard component
+    "materialDashboard": {
+      "description": "Create a dashboard component",
+      "factory": "./dashboard/index",
+      "schema": "./dashboard/schema.json",
+      "aliases": [ "material-dashboard" ]
+    },
     // Creates a table component
     "materialTable": {
       "description": "Create a table component",
diff --git a/schematics/dashboard/files/__path__/__name@dasherize@if-flat__/__name@dasherize__.component.__styleext__ b/schematics/dashboard/files/__path__/__name@dasherize@if-flat__/__name@dasherize__.component.__styleext__
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..11bc8f15db08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schematics/dashboard/files/__path__/__name@dasherize@if-flat__/__name@dasherize__.component.__styleext__
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+.grid-container {
+  margin: 20px;
+}
+
+.dashboard-card {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 15px;
+  left: 15px;
+  right: 15px;
+  bottom: 15px;
+}
+
+.more-button {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 5px;
+  right: 10px;
+}
+
+.dashboard-card-content {
+  text-align: center;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/schematics/dashboard/files/__path__/__name@dasherize@if-flat__/__name@dasherize__.component.html b/schematics/dashboard/files/__path__/__name@dasherize@if-flat__/__name@dasherize__.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..159daf97b770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schematics/dashboard/files/__path__/__name@dasherize@if-flat__/__name@dasherize__.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<div class="grid-container">
+  <h1 class="mat-h1">Dashboard</h1>
+  <mat-grid-list cols="2" rowHeight="350px">
+    <mat-grid-tile *ngFor="let card of cards" [colspan]="card.cols" [rowspan]="card.rows">
+      <mat-card class="dashboard-card">
+        <mat-card-header>
+          <mat-card-title>
+            {{card.title}}
+            <button mat-icon-button class="more-button" [matMenuTriggerFor]="menu" aria-label="Toggle menu">
+              <mat-icon>more_vert</mat-icon>
+            </button>
+            <mat-menu #menu="matMenu" xPosition="before">
+              <button mat-menu-item>Expand</button>
+              <button mat-menu-item>Remove</button>
+            </mat-menu>
+          </mat-card-title>
+        </mat-card-header>
+        <mat-card-content class="dashboard-card-content">
+          <div>Card Content Here</div>
+        </mat-card-content>
+      </mat-card>
+    </mat-grid-tile>
+  </mat-grid-list>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/schematics/dashboard/files/__path__/__name@dasherize@if-flat__/__name@dasherize__.component.spec.ts b/schematics/dashboard/files/__path__/__name@dasherize@if-flat__/__name@dasherize__.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ad38814c940d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schematics/dashboard/files/__path__/__name@dasherize@if-flat__/__name@dasherize__.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+import { fakeAsync, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+import { <%= classify(name) %>Component } from './<%= dasherize(name) %>.component';
+
+describe('<%= classify(name) %>Component', () => {
+  let component: <%= classify(name) %>Component;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<<%= classify(name) %>Component>;
+
+  beforeEach(fakeAsync(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ <%= classify(name) %>Component ]
+    })
+    .compileComponents();
+
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(<%= classify(name) %>Component);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  }));
+
+  it('should compile', () => {
+    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/schematics/dashboard/files/__path__/__name@dasherize@if-flat__/__name@dasherize__.component.ts b/schematics/dashboard/files/__path__/__name@dasherize@if-flat__/__name@dasherize__.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eca0f8b33a8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schematics/dashboard/files/__path__/__name@dasherize@if-flat__/__name@dasherize__.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { Component, <% if(!!viewEncapsulation) { %>, ViewEncapsulation<% }%><% if(changeDetection !== 'Default') { %>, ChangeDetectionStrategy<% }%> } from '@angular/core';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: '<%= selector %>',<% if(inlineTemplate) { %>
+  template: `
+    <div class="grid-container">
+      <h1 class="mat-h1">Dashboard</h1>
+      <mat-grid-list cols="2" rowHeight="350px">
+        <mat-grid-tile *ngFor="let card of cards" [colspan]="card.cols" [rowspan]="card.rows">
+          <mat-card class="dashboard-card">
+            <mat-card-header>
+              <mat-card-title>
+                {{card.title}}
+                <button mat-icon-button class="more-button" [matMenuTriggerFor]="menu" aria-label="Toggle menu">
+                  <mat-icon>more_vert</mat-icon>
+                </button>
+                <mat-menu #menu="matMenu" xPosition="before">
+                  <button mat-menu-item>Expand</button>
+                  <button mat-menu-item>Remove</button>
+                </mat-menu>
+              </mat-card-title>
+            </mat-card-header>
+            <mat-card-content class="dashboard-card-content">
+              <div>Card Content Here</div>
+            </mat-card-content>
+          </mat-card>
+        </mat-grid-tile>
+      </mat-grid-list>
+    </div>
+  `,<% } else { %>
+  templateUrl: './<%= dasherize(name) %>.component.html',<% } if(inlineStyle) { %>
+  styles: [
+    `
+      .grid-container {
+        margin: 20px;
+      }
+      
+      .dashboard-card {
+        position: absolute;
+        top: 15px;
+        left: 15px;
+        right: 15px;
+        bottom: 15px;
+      }
+      
+      .more-button {
+        position: absolute;
+        top: 5px;
+        right: 10px;
+      }
+
+      .dashboard-card-content {
+        text-align: center;
+      }
+  `
+  ]<% } else { %>
+  styleUrls: ['./<%= dasherize(name) %>.component.<%= styleext %>']<% } %><% if(!!viewEncapsulation) { %>,
+  encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.<%= viewEncapsulation %><% } if (changeDetection !== 'Default') { %>,
+  changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.<%= changeDetection %><% } %>
+})
+export class <%= classify(name) %>Component {
+  cards = [
+    { title: 'Card 1', cols: 2, rows: 1 },
+    { title: 'Card 2', cols: 1, rows: 1 },
+    { title: 'Card 3', cols: 1, rows: 2 },
+    { title: 'Card 4', cols: 1, rows: 1 }
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/schematics/dashboard/index.ts b/schematics/dashboard/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..07d4f0003087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schematics/dashboard/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import {chain, Rule, noop, Tree, SchematicContext} from '@angular-devkit/schematics';
+import {Schema} from './schema';
+import {addModuleImportToModule} from '../utils/ast';
+import {findModuleFromOptions} from '../utils/devkit-utils/find-module';
+import {buildComponent} from '../utils/devkit-utils/component';
+
+/**
+ * Scaffolds a new navigation component.
+ * Internally it bootstraps the base component schematic
+ */
+export default function(options: Schema): Rule {
+  return chain([
+    buildComponent({ ...options }),
+    options.skipImport ? noop() : addNavModulesToModule(options)
+  ]);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Adds the required modules to the relative module.
+ */
+function addNavModulesToModule(options: Schema) {
+  return (host: Tree) => {
+    const modulePath = findModuleFromOptions(host, options);
+    addModuleImportToModule(host, modulePath, 'MatGridListModule', '@angular/material');
+    addModuleImportToModule(host, modulePath, 'MatCardModule', '@angular/material');
+    addModuleImportToModule(host, modulePath, 'MatMenuModule', '@angular/material');
+    addModuleImportToModule(host, modulePath, 'MatIconModule', '@angular/material');
+    addModuleImportToModule(host, modulePath, 'MatButtonModule', '@angular/material');
+    return host;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/schematics/dashboard/index_spec.ts b/schematics/dashboard/index_spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..218d0ee9ed5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schematics/dashboard/index_spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import {SchematicTestRunner} from '@angular-devkit/schematics/testing';
+import {join} from 'path';
+import {Tree} from '@angular-devkit/schematics';
+import {createTestApp} from '../utils/testing';
+import {getFileContent} from '@schematics/angular/utility/test';
+
+const collectionPath = join(__dirname, '../collection.json');
+
+describe('material-dashboard-schematic', () => {
+  let runner: SchematicTestRunner;
+  const options = {
+    name: 'foo',
+    path: 'app',
+    sourceDir: 'src',
+    inlineStyle: false,
+    inlineTemplate: false,
+    changeDetection: 'Default',
+    styleext: 'css',
+    spec: true,
+    module: undefined,
+    export: false,
+    prefix: undefined,
+    viewEncapsulation: undefined,
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    runner = new SchematicTestRunner('schematics', collectionPath);
+  });
+
+  it('should create dashboard files and add them to module', () => {
+    const tree = runner.runSchematic('materialDashboard', { ...options }, createTestApp());
+    const files = tree.files;
+
+    expect(files).toContain('/src/app/foo/foo.component.css');
+    expect(files).toContain('/src/app/foo/foo.component.html');
+    expect(files).toContain('/src/app/foo/foo.component.spec.ts');
+    expect(files).toContain('/src/app/foo/foo.component.ts');
+
+    const moduleContent = getFileContent(tree, '/src/app/app.module.ts');
+    expect(moduleContent).toMatch(/import.*Foo.*from '.\/foo\/foo.component'/);
+    expect(moduleContent).toMatch(/declarations:\s*\[[^\]]+?,\r?\n\s+FooComponent\r?\n/m);
+  });
+
+  it('should add dashboard imports to module', () => {
+    const tree = runner.runSchematic('materialDashboard', { ...options }, createTestApp());
+    const moduleContent = getFileContent(tree, '/src/app/app.module.ts');
+
+    expect(moduleContent).toContain('MatGridListModule');
+    expect(moduleContent).toContain('MatCardModule');
+    expect(moduleContent).toContain('MatMenuModule');
+    expect(moduleContent).toContain('MatIconModule');
+    expect(moduleContent).toContain('MatButtonModule');
+
+    expect(moduleContent).toContain(
+      // tslint:disable-next-line
+      `import { MatGridListModule, MatCardModule, MatMenuModule, MatIconModule, MatButtonModule } from '@angular/material';`);
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/schematics/dashboard/schema.d.ts b/schematics/dashboard/schema.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49a799dd1532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schematics/dashboard/schema.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import {Schema as ComponentSchema} from '@schematics/angular/component/schema';
+
+export interface Schema extends ComponentSchema {}
diff --git a/schematics/dashboard/schema.json b/schematics/dashboard/schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1cc9d76a914b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schematics/dashboard/schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/schema",
+  "id": "SchematicsMaterialDashboard",
+  "title": "Material Dashboard Options Schema",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "path": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "The path to create the component.",
+      "default": "app",
+      "visible": false
+    },
+    "sourceDir": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "The path of the source directory.",
+      "default": "src",
+      "alias": "sd",
+      "visible": false
+    },
+    "appRoot": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "The root of the application.",
+      "visible": false
+    },
+    "name": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "The name of the component."
+    },
+    "inlineStyle": {
+      "description": "Specifies if the style will be in the ts file.",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false,
+      "alias": "is"
+    },
+    "inlineTemplate": {
+      "description": "Specifies if the template will be in the ts file.",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false,
+      "alias": "it"
+    },
+    "viewEncapsulation": {
+      "description": "Specifies the view encapsulation strategy.",
+      "enum": ["Emulated", "Native", "None"],
+      "type": "string",
+      "default": "Emulated",
+      "alias": "ve"
+    },
+    "changeDetection": {
+      "description": "Specifies the change detection strategy.",
+      "enum": ["Default", "OnPush"],
+      "type": "string",
+      "default": "Default",
+      "alias": "cd"
+    },
+    "prefix": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "The prefix to apply to generated selectors.",
+      "default": "app",
+      "alias": "p"
+    },
+    "styleext": {
+      "description": "The file extension to be used for style files.",
+      "type": "string",
+      "default": "css"
+    },
+    "spec": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "description": "Specifies if a spec file is generated.",
+      "default": true
+    },
+    "flat": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "description": "Flag to indicate if a dir is created.",
+      "default": false
+    },
+    "skipImport": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "description": "Flag to skip the module import.",
+      "default": false
+    },
+    "selector": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "The selector to use for the component."
+    },
+    "module":  {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "Allows specification of the declaring module.",
+      "alias": "m"
+    },
+    "export": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": false,
+      "description": "Specifies if declaring module exports the component."
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "name"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/schematics/tsconfig.json b/schematics/tsconfig.json
index 21bb42adccf6..9787dc54f70a 100644
--- a/schematics/tsconfig.json
+++ b/schematics/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "baseUrl": "tsconfig",
     "lib": [
       "es2017",
       "dom"
@@ -8,7 +7,6 @@
     "module": "commonjs",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "noEmitOnError": false,
-    "rootDir": "src/",
     "skipDefaultLibCheck": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "sourceMap": true,