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Nationally accredited (NAAB) and internationally recognized, our five-year undergraduate program in Architecture leads to a professional degree: the Bachelor of Architecture (BArch). The program prepares students to enter the profession by first addressing the knowledge required for making architecture and second, by underscoring the complexities of the discipline and the responsibilities inherent in practicing architecture.
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 technical aspects of architecture; to communicate ideas through drawing, model making, writing and speaking; and to be socially and ethically engaged in society.
After exposure to the fundamentals of the field—design, material performance, digital and manual representation, and architectural history—students move on to solidify work by focusing on architectural, urban design and environmental issues, engaging in advanced topics in architectural history and responding to complex architectural design problems.
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Graduates are able to:
Yingkai Xiong BArch 2024
Samantha Salazar BArch 2025 and Ray Ho BArch 2025 and Sophia Francesco BArch 2025
Pradipa (Miang) Patanakijpaibul BArch 2026 and Nancy (Ruonan) Wang BArch 2026
Nancy (Ruonan) Wang BArch 2026
Aaron Teves BArch 2020
Jichen Zou BArch 2022
net-zero small house designed by students participating in "Race to Zero" studio / US Department of Energy-sponsored competition
RISD's Architecture program has the distinct advantage of being integrated into a college known for the breadth and depth of its fine arts and design offerings. Architecture majors benefit from a strong visual and humanities-based education within a progressive professional curriculum, as well as immersion in a community of creative individuals—and potential collaborators—who are passionate about disciplines as diverse as animation, graphic design, printmaking and sculpture.
In the final year of the program, students focus on an intensive investigation and analysis of building systems, professional practice and design as part of a self-determined degree project.
Common application.
You’ll begin and manage your RISD application process by completing the Common Application . There is a nonrefundable application fee of $60 to use this service, plus a nonrefundable $10 fee to submit a required online portfolio via SlideRoom .
We want to make sure that application fees do not pose a barrier for any student. If you meet certain qualifications, you can request a Common Application fee waiver in one of the following two ways:
To receive a SlideRoom fee waiver, please email [email protected] .
Applicants must provide official transcripts of all secondary academic work through the most recent grading period. Your counselor may submit your transcript through the Common Application, Parchment, email or mail.
If your academic credentials are not written in English, they must be translated into English by an approved translator prior to submission.
Test-optional, sat and act.
We offer all applicants (domestic and international) the option to apply without submitting results from the SAT or ACT. You may opt into this process by selecting “test-optional” under the "Testing" portion of your RISD Common Application.
For students who choose to submit test scores, we will superscore your results, looking at your highest outcome across multiple test dates.
RISD’s institution code number for the SAT is 3726; for ACT the code number is 003812.
You can use some Advanced Placement (AP), A-Level classes and International Baccalaureate (IB) credits toward RISD liberal arts requirements. First-year students can transfer a maximum of nine credits from AP courses with a score of 4 or 5, A-Level classes with an earned grade of C or higher or Higher Level IB scores of 5, 6 or 7. We will not accept AP or IB credit from art or studio classes.
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All applicants who speak English as a second language, including US citizens, must submit results from any one of these three options:
Since English proficiency is a prerequisite for acceptance, applicants are required to meet a minimum score of at least 93 on the TOEFL, a 6.5 on the IELTS or a 115 on Duolingo.
Plan to take the TOEFL or IELTS well in advance of the application deadline since it may take three weeks for your scores to be sent to RISD by the test agency. It may take up to four days for us to receive Duolingo test results.
The language test requirement may be waived for applicants who have studied in an institution where English is the language of instruction. You must email the Admissions Office at [email protected] to explain your school history and determine if you are eligible for a waiver.
Portfolio submission.
Your portfolio should present 12–20 examples of your most recent work showcasing your thinking and making. Once you've started your RISD application in the Common Application , you will be directed to the online platform SlideRoom to upload your portfolio.
The work you select should reflect a full range of your ideas, curiosity, experimentation and experience in creating and making. This can include work in any medium, in finished or sketch form, and can be the result of an assigned project or a self-directed exploration.
We strongly recommend that you include some examples that involve drawing from direct observation (rather than from imagination, photograph or video). Since drawing is a fundamental tool for visual makers from initial concept to execution, it is valuable for reviewers to see examples of your experience with and approach to drawing.
While the majority of your portfolio should feature finished pieces, we suggest including some research or preparatory work in up to three— but no more than three —portfolio uploads/slides. This helps reviewers better understand how you develop your ideas.
Finally, we strongly discourage including excessive visual elements and text descriptions in a single slide submission. These are difficult to view and are likely to exceed the allowed submission limit.
You can submit additional angles or detail shots of some works across multiple slide submissions, combined into one composite including no more than three images, or in a single video upload. Editing is an important part of curating your portfolio. You may need to devise creative solutions to best show your work within the limits of submission guidelines.
We recommend the following file formats: jpeg, png, gif, mp4 and mov. These formats are most compatible with SlideRoom. We discourage Google Drive and zipped files.
You may be interested in attending or watching the recording of one of our portfolio tips webinars for more advice on how to approach your RISD application portfolio.
After extensive research and discussion, it has become evident that requiring the RISD Assignment functions as a barrier for applicants and is in direct conflict with RISD’s Social Equity and Inclusion action plan.
To provide more access and equity in our admissions process, we have removed the RISD Assignment as an application requirement. We will continue to prioritize the portfolio when evaluating the visual component of an applicant’s candidacy.
RISD requires the Common Application personal essay (up to 650 words). You will find the writing prompts in the Writing section of the Common Application.
While we encourage you to adhere to the rules of good writing, we look for applicants who are not afraid to take risks in their expression. Please don't hesitate to use a writing style or method that may be outside the mainstream as you express a distinctive personal position in your essay.
Letters of recommendation can be very helpful to your application. One letter is required, although you may submit as many as three. Recommendation letters should be written by teachers or other professionals who have firsthand knowledge of your art or academic achievements and can comment on your potential as a student.
Please use the Common Application to invite your recommendation writers to submit letters through that service. Letters may also be sent directly to our mailing address (see “Submitting your materials” below) or emailed to [email protected] .
For the 2024-25 school year, RISD students in third grade through senior year will use Schoology as their learning management system to receive and submit digital assignments. Students also use their Schoology portfolio to house artifacts for their personal growth goal. For the youngest learners in RISD, the school district uses Seesaw as the digital learning management system.
Parents will receive information on how to connect to their student’s Schoology account to stay actively engaged in the student’s learning and progress. This information and a student-specific access code will be sent to parents in early September. Students are automatically enrolled in Schoology courses. Grades from assignments in Schoology will sync with the official gradebook system, Focus. Students will continue to have use of Google Drive and Google tools.
The RISD Instructional Technology Department has a comprehensive support system for campuses. The iTeam supports teachers with effective technology integration through professional development, support in professional learning communities, and co-teaching opportunities as well as coaching and collaborative planning.
Please click here for more information about the digital tools and resources used in RISD classrooms .
The Learning Management Systems provide students with multiple pathways to engage with content and demonstrate learning and create portfolios to house evidence of progress towards individual goals while communicating learning with families. Students will be able to collaborate and discuss, annotate and draw, submit multimedia files, and create audio and video to engage with interactive content. The learning design also differentiates content and provides feedback on learning while creating rubrics to evaluate learning with audio, video, and visual support.
The learning management systems allow parents to see course information, to view student work and artifacts, to access student portfolios and communicate with teachers.
Thousands of RISD students walk and bike to school every morning and make the return trip home each afternoon.
RISD trustees heard an in-depth presentation from district Special Student Services staff about how special education services are provided to students in RISD.
The deadline to apply is Aug. 30.
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Hi, so I'm currently filling out my RISD application and I noticed that for the assignment, there is no place to write out a description/explanation? It only gives space for the file and title of the piece. I thought RISD placed a lot of value on the explanation, so am I just blind and not seeing where the description can be added?
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What is the RISD Assignment? In previous years students have anxiously awaited the Assignment which required them to create a specific artwork in response to a prompt; one of the most famous of these prompts is the "Bicycle Assignment" where students must submit a unique and personal rendition of a bicycle, from any angle, and we've seen some ...
RISD's institution code number for the SAT is 3726; for ACT the code number is 003812. Transfer credits. You can use some Advanced Placement (AP), A-Level classes and International Baccalaureate (IB) credits toward RISD liberal arts requirements. First-year students can transfer a maximum of nine credits from AP courses with a score of 4 or 5 ...
The RISD Assignment is a visual response, so we didn't provide space for text, but if you would like to include a brief description you can put it in the Additional Information section of your Common Application. If you decide to put text with the work in a PDF, please make sure it's a single page PDF, as it takes a long time for multipage PDFs ...
The RISD Assignment is an evolving tradition and rite of passage—up until a few years ago, we asked applicants to draw a bike in graphite. Since then, we've allowed for works to have no medium restriction. Below are a medley of past RISD Assignment pieces:
Application Prep 1: The first-year application. Join us for an overview of the first-year application. We'll be discussing all of its sections and will give suggestions on how to approach them. While transfers have a different application process (and a dedicated webinar), they'll still find the information in here helpful, too.
RISD Assignment: Follow the directions. Think outside the box. Do not use Barbie if you choose plastic. RISD strongly advises applicants to come to portfolio day. See the RISD website for their schedule. However, if there is no Portfolio Day near you, use the online option. Note that you can get portfolio advice more than once!!
RISD newly changed the assignment this year. The Assignment is a crucial item that students need to send to the school. Just to remind you briefly, you must choose one of three prompt options that the school provided. After understanding its terms thoroughly, create 1 response using any medium you prefer. ...
RISD's Student Financial Services Office (SFS) works with students and parents to reach the shared goal of preparing and educating creative individuals who aspire to make a meaningful contribution to our world. Our staff is here to help you seek, obtain and make the best use of all resources available to help finance the costs of attending ...
Welcome to RISD! We're so excited to welcome you to the Class of 2028. What's next, you ask? Start by exploring this site to learn next steps and more about life at RISD. Get acquainted with campus through weekly Wednesday emails from [email protected] and by following @ WelcomeRISD on Instagram. We'll be spotlighting departments over the ...
Meeting these GPA requirements alone is not enough for you to gain admission as RISD is a very selective school. Average GPA. The average unweighted GPA at RISD is 3.71 on the 4.0 scale. To achieve the average GPA for admission, you need to earn A- letter grades and regularly score around 90-92 percent on tests and assignments in high school.
During your first year, you and your incoming peers will all take the three core studios in our Experimental and Foundation Studies (EFS) program. Learn more about EFS, as well as how to transfer any qualifying credits you received prior to RISD. Courses and credits. Find key dates and deadlines for what you need to do as an incoming RISD ...
Portfolio Guidelines. Your portfolio's purpose is to engage people and get them excited about your work. There is no one way to make a portfolio compelling. However one of the most common mistakes we see is talking about your process first and the project idea after. It is a better idea to show the big idea first and then support with process ...
So the RISD Slideroom has three sections, Forms (the RISD Assignment) > Portfolio (12-22 works) > Submission. In the Forms section, the RISD Assignment (ephemeral/tangible, complexity/contradiction, chaos/order) instructions say this: **Please note that this section does not require a written response.Responses are required under submission #1 and submission #2.
RISD 2020 Assignment. Admissions Question. I just want to ask about RISD's assignment for 2020. It reads to "document your work and upload it as a file to Slideroom" and they only allow to upload one file. As there is no room for the description of the work, I want to ask if I should merge together my process and the final work into a photo or ...
RISD Admissions FAQs: What is the deadline for submitting the portfolio and RISD Assignment for regular decision? All application materials are due February 1st. (Old school RISD Images from 2004)...
RISD's institution code number for the SAT is 3726; for ACT the code number is 003812. Transfer credits. You can use some Advanced Placement (AP), A-Level classes and International Baccalaureate (IB) credits toward RISD liberal arts requirements. See the transfer of credit section below and view RISD's full transfer credit policy.
Please convert times to your local time zone! You can submit your work to be reviewed by either providing a link to your personal webpage or online portfolio in the registration form, or you can submit your work at no cost using this SlideRoom link . If you do not have a link now, you can provide us with a link at the time of your review.
Admissions Coordinator. 401 277-4812. [email protected]. Takeya Lee. Assistant Director, Admissions Operations. 401 454-6303. [email protected]. Melanie Patterson. Assistant Director of Admissions Communication and Outreach.
The applications accessible from this site are for admission to RISD's Pre-College Program and Shanghai Teen Art Institute . Pre-College students must apply by first creating an account and then starting a new application for the 2024 Pre-College program. If you have any questions, please contact the Pre-College office at [email protected].
Digital RISD assignment? Admissions Question. I'm currently preparing my portfolio for RISD and I was planning on making my assignment submission a digital piece. I know they say they accept any type of medium for the assignment and leave the prompt open ended so they can see your creative process as an artist, but I feel like there's still ...
The RISD Assignment is no longer part of the application. After extensive research and discussion, it has become evident that requiring the RISD Assignment functions as a barrier for applicants and is in direct conflict with RISD's Social Equity and Inclusion action plan.
Reminder - RISD Code of Civility Being Implemented for 2024-25. The district is implementing a new Richardson ISD Code of Civility this school year to set expectations for how students, parents, employees, and visitors treat and interact with each other while at school or communicating about school-related activities.
For the 2024-25 school year, RISD students in third grade through senior year will use Schoology as their learning management system to receive and submit digital assignments. Students also use their Schoology portfolio to house artifacts for their personal growth goal.
RISD is part of Region 06. Rockdale ISD has a total student population of 1,480 students. Rockdale ISD has four school buildings, an elementary, intermediate, junior high, and high school. The demographics of RISD according to the 2022-2023 TAPR are, 49.7% Hispanic, 36.7% White, 8.9% African American, and 3.9% mixed race. RISD has a total of ...
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