Graduate Study
Graduate study at RISD brings together artists, designers and thinkers from around the world to research, experiment, create and push the possibilities of practice. Learn more at graduatestudy.risd.edu.
Graduate degrees offered
Master of Architecture / MArch
Master of Arts in Teaching / MAT
Master of Design / MDes
Master of Fine Arts / MFA
Master of Industrial Design / MID
Master of Landscape Architecture / MLA
Master of Landscape Architecture + Master of Marine Affairs / MLA + MMA
Post-baccalaureate / Post-B
Certificates and concentrations
In addition to the above, graduate degree candidates may enhance their education through focused study in the following supplemental programs:
Stories about the graduate experience
Immersive Airport Design
Students reconceive Boston’s Logan Airport using augmented, virtual and mixed-reality technologies.
Preparing for Rising Seas
Landscape Architecture students develop environmentally just proposals for managing sea-level rise in the Narragansett Bay as part of the Envision Resilience Challenge.
Engaging in the Political
A graduate-level studio explores the role of design in politics and the many ways that contemporary designers are entering the political arena.