Landscape Architecture straddles the interface between the cultural and natural worlds, addressing design issues inherent in a range of typologies and scales, from specific sites to global systems.

Informed by critical and decolonial theory, environmental science, sound studies and more, the Digital + Media curriculum supports you in developing a robust research agenda and independent studio ...

Modeled on our EFS curriculum, this one-semester program for first-year students is a unique, immersive option for students beginning their RISD journey.

Through a program that builds on itself, students learn to think critically; to produce architecture through both reflection and invention; to build using a variety of materials; to understand the ...

RISD was founded and nurtured by a small group of women well before any woman in America gained the right to vote. That year Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf urged 34 members of the Rhode Island Women’s ...

Interior Architecture alumni go on to find creatively satisfying work around the world. Some launch their own practices while others join larger firms or smaller studios. In addition to practicing as ...

From Apparel Design to Textiles, campus hummed with innovative approaches and generative discussions the week before the ...

Students in RISD’s graduate degree programs are critical thinkers and makers who delve deep into creative practice, investigate intriguing concepts and innovate in the studio. Learn more at risd.edu.

The three-year curriculum builds on fundamental areas underpinning the creative practice of architecture: representation and fabrication, technologies and professional ethics, history and theory, and ...

The core Graphic Design curriculum encompasses a range of analytical, formal, sensory and technical design experiences. Sophomores begin exploring visual principles of form, image, color and ...

The benefits we offer RISD employees include medical and dental insurance plans, a 403 (b) retirement plan with employer contributions, paid time off and many more. People who work here also enjoy ...