Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)

This nationally accredited program prepares students for architectural practice by addressing fundamental knowledge and the complexities of the discipline, emphasizing process, artistic sensibilities, and social and ethical responsibility. Students learn to think critically and communicate ideas through various methods.

This program empowers students to exercise creativity and succeed in professional practice. It emphasizes process, artistic sensibilities, and social and ethical responsibility.

This program provides a rich context for learning the discipline alongside a community engaged in diverse creative and critical practices. It prepares students to examine and develop innovative design solutions for complex environmental issues.

A joint degree program with the University of Rhode Island, this program enhances design education with studies in coastal and marine social science, economics, policy, planning and law. It addresses urgent issues around coastal sustainability.

This program offers exceptional education in spatial design as it relates to the built environment. It prepares students for graduate studies and professional design practice.

This program focuses on imagining new futures and possibilities for existing buildings. Structural knowledge, social inquisitiveness, and attention to detail enable unpacking and highlighting existing values and introducing new layers to the built environment.

This program focuses on imagining new futures and possibilities for existing buildings. Structural knowledge, social inquisitiveness, and attention to detail enable unpacking and highlighting existing values and introducing new layers to the built environment.

This program focuses on the experiential dimension, telling stories and conveying ideas through space. It deploys a sensory and atmospheric take on design, often resulting in temporary yet meaningful spaces.