Graduate Study

Graduate degrees offered

Master of Architecture / MArch

Architecture

Master of Arts / MA

Master of Arts in Teaching / MAT

Teaching + Learning in Art + Design

Master of Design / MDes

Interior Architecture

Master of Fine Arts / MFA

Master of Industrial Design / MID

Industrial Design

Master of Landscape Architecture / MLA

Landscape Architecture

Master of Landscape Architecture + Master of Marine Affairs / MLA + MMA

Landscape Architecture (RISD) / Marine Affairs (URI)

Post-baccalaureate / Post-B

Glass
Jewelry + Metalsmithing

Certificates and concentrations

In addition to the above, graduate degree candidates may enhance their education through focused study in the following supplemental programs:

Full-time and adjunct faculty

Stories about the graduate experience

03/12/2021

Transgressing the Feminized

Grad students Breslin Bell MFA 21 PR and Mariana Ramos Ortiz MFA 21 PR co-curate a multidisciplinary exhibition exploring intersections of gender, race and class.

01/22/2021

Dorner Prize Revived

Winning 2020 proposals for RISD Museum installations on hold since last March are finally coming to fruition.

11/11/2020

Society of Presidential Fellows Takes Flight

Since August 2019 RISD has raised $15 million to fund a new program that recruits and supports outstanding graduate students.