Welcome incoming and returning graduate students! Here you’ll find important dates and deadlines, orientation info and other valuable resources. Please reach out to the Admissions team or connect with your department if you have any questions.
Next steps
Attend events online
Our online events, info sessions and webinars offer admitted, new and current grad students a great way to hear from faculty, staff and current students about research support, professional development and career preparation, and other valuable insights into the graduate experience at RISD.
Take a virtual campus tour
Take a quick look at the studios, galleries and research spaces that help define RISD and support our community of artists and designers advance meaningful creative practices.
Grad Show 2022 on view online
In celebrating the collective accomplishments of the most recent graduating class, RISD Grad Show 2022 showcases an expansive range of work by emerging artists and designers. These bodies of work capture each student’s extensive research, experimentation, critical thinking and production, and the impact of RISD’s dynamic and diverse graduate programs on their work.