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The Graduate Studies Office serves as an institutional navigation and information hub for students, faculty, and staff concerning all aspects of the graduate student experience shared across departmental programs and divisions. The office works closely with graduate program directors and students to facilitate graduate study and support the graduate community at RISD through orientation and co-curricular programming.

if you need information about graduate programs, admissions or enrollment, please contact the Admissions Office at [email protected] .

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RISD (pronounced “RIZ-dee”) is a creative community founded in 1877 in Providence, Rhode Island. Today, we enroll 2,620 students hailing from 59 countries. Led by a committed faculty, they are engaged in 44 full-time bachelor's and master's degree programs and supported by a worldwide network of over 31,000 alumni who demonstrate the vital role artists and designers play in today’s society.

Beyond facts and figures, what is the spirit of this community? Through a cross-disciplinary curriculum of studio-based learning and rigorous study in the liberal arts, RISD students are encouraged to develop their own personal creative processes, but they are united by one guiding principle: in order to create, one must question. In cultivating expansive and elastic thinking, RISD seeks to activate a critical exchange that empowers artists, designers and scholars to generate and challenge the ideas that shape our world.

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Global Arts and Cultures

Application deadlines.

The graduate application deadline is January 5.

Applicants interested in financial aid should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) .

Application requirements

First steps.

Applications for 2023–24 are available now .

Academic transcripts

Initially you need to provide unofficial transcripts of all undergraduate and/or graduate study indicating satisfactory completion, or evidence of anticipated completion, of an undergraduate degree program from an accredited college or university. You can upload your unofficial transcripts via the RISD Applicant Portal. If your academic credentials are prepared in a language other than English, they must be translated into English by an approved translator before submitting. Enrolling students will be required to submit official transcripts later.

Statement of purpose

Applicants to the master’s program in Global Arts and Cultures must submit an academic statement of purpose. Since the object of your statement is to introduce yourself to the Admissions Committee as a thinker, scholar and writer, you should address in detail your intellectual interests and proposed topic(s) of graduate study. Be as specific as possible in describing your prior college-level experience in areas encompassed by Global Arts and Cultures, indicating how this work has contributed to your professional and personal goals in pursuing a master’s degree. Your statement should also reflect your understanding of the contours and demands of graduate study in Global Arts and Cultures at RISD.

Writing sample

Applicants to the master’s program in Global Arts and Cultures are required to submit a writing sample. This writing sample should represent your strongest critical and/or analytical writing on a topic clearly related to Global Arts and Cultures.

Please indicate if your writing sample is excerpted from a longer work. If it is, please make sure it forms a coherent argument and is framed such that the Admissions Committee understands its function as part of a longer work.

Letters of recommendation

Applicants are required to submit three letters of recommendation. These letters should be written by teachers or other professionals who have firsthand knowledge of your academic achievements and can comment on your potential for graduate study. You may invite your recommenders to upload their letters through your Applicant Portal. If the people writing letters of recommendation are unable to submit using this method, their letters may be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to the Graduate Admissions Office, Two College Street, Providence, RI 02903 USA.

Graduate Record Examination

Results from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) are optional.

English as a second language

All applicants who speak English as a second language (including US citizens) must submit results from either the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) , IELTS (International English Language Testing System) or Duolingo (an online English test).

Since proficiency in English is a prerequisite for acceptance, applicants must attain an acceptable score on either test. RISD requires a minimum result of 93 on the TOEFL, 6.5 on IELTS or 115 on Duolingo. The language test requirement may be waived for applicants who are enrolled in an institution where English is the language of instruction.

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. For Duolingo, it may take up to four days before RISD receives test results.

Eligibility

To be eligible for admission for the coming academic year, you must complete your undergraduate bachelor’s degree program at an accredited college or university prior to enrollment.

Who should apply

GAC is ideal for driven and inquisitive students with backgrounds in the liberal arts or in art and design fields, and who have a strong interest in critical contemporary issues and interdisciplinary research. An emphasis on self-directed research will inspire agile thinkers who want to further understand the complexity of the arts and cultural production on a global and historical scale. Individuals with professional backgrounds in related fields will also benefit from the rigorous intellectual grounding offered through the program.

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Tuition and fees

Annual tuition: $56,435 Student activity fee: $270 Orientation fee: $200

Financing your education

We consider all admitted graduate students for fellowships and assistantships. There is no additional application process for consideration.

You can find detailed financial assistance information at graduatestudy.risd.edu , including overviews of RISD fellowships and assistantships.

If you are a US citizen or permanent resident, you may also apply for federal student loans by completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) .

If you have further questions about financial aid, we encourage you to contact Student Financial Services .

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At RISD, students and faculty enjoy access to a wealth of services and resources for furthering research and studio practice. With general oversight from the Provost’s Office and substantial input from deans and department heads, graduate program directors serve as primary points of contact for graduate students.

Degree candidates also work in close consultation with RISD’s exceptional faculty on studio projects and issues related to research, scholarship and pedagogy. For grad students at the thesis stage, their committee chairs are invaluable sources of support and guidance.

Current students with program-specific questions should email their graduate program director (GPD). The RISD Student Hub also offers a wide variety of resources and information about housing, on-campus dining, academic and financial support, and much more.

For general inquiries about admission or enrollment, email the Admissions team at [email protected] .

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The Graduate Studies Office is an institutional navigation and information hub for students, faculty and staff concerning all aspects of graduate study shared across departmental programs and divisions. The office works closely with graduate program directors and student leadership to facilitate graduate study and to support the graduate community at RISD.

Director, Amy Horschak: [email protected]

Graduate program directors (gpds), architecture: debbie chen, ceramics: katy schimert (department head), design engineering: charlie cannon, digital + media: shona kitchen (department head), furniture design: patricia johnson, glass: sean salstrom (department head), global arts and cultures: eric anderson, graphic design: bethany johns, illustration: calef brown, industrial design: ayako takase, interior architecture: eduardo duarte, jewelry + metalsmithing: seth papac, landscape architecture: suzanne mathew, painting: duane slick, photography: laine rettmer, printmaking: megan foster, sculpture: taylor baldwin, teaching + learning in art + design: shana cinquemani (department head), textiles: anais missakian, graduate student alliance.

The Grad Student Alliance (GSA) is committed to fostering an interdisciplinary dialogue among RISD graduate students. The GSA aims to strengthen the larger graduate student community by hosting events and providing a platform for student-led initiatives. The GSA celebrates the diversity of studio cultures on campus by creating opportunities for students to meet and engage across departments, and serves as a liaison between the graduate student body and the RISD administration.

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Offering academic support and advocacy for communication in academic, professional and creative contexts, the Center for Arts & Language (A&L) fosters student development and efficacy in three areas—written, spoken and visual communication; multilingual learning; and student publications. A&L offers peer tutoring, staff advising, workshops, online and print resources, and a community where all forms of language are welcome.

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The Co-Works Research Lab serves as an interdisciplinary fabrication lab and curricula incubator. Working with faculty and students to develop experimental courses and research, it offers a unique selection of digital and traditional making technologies and supports cross-departmental collaboration. Co-Works is committed to innovating strategies and building community for sharing ideas and resources across disciplines.

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Screenwriting MFA

The Screenwriting program challenges students to write well-structured stories inhabited by vivid, compelling characters. The program explores the elements of character, dialogue, scene, setting, texture, style and tone.

The two-year Master of Fine Arts degree program allows students to focus on either feature film or television writing, with opportunities to explore workshops in both areas. Throughout their studies, students are guided by faculty members actively involved in the film, television, and new media sectors, benefiting from their extensive professional experience. We challenge our students to succeed through risking failure, to engage with other art forms in order to better understand the art of screenwriting, to cultivate a curiosity in global art, to develop critical thinking skills to aid in the analysis of their scripts, and to provide an ethical foundation in building a career path.

Admission to the Screenwriting program does not guarantee specific workshop placements each quarter. All workshops and classes require program consent for enrollment.

Established in 1965, the UCLA TFT Screenwriting program has provided a strong foundation for hundreds of alumni, including Ana Lily Amirpour ( A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night ), Dustin Lance Black ( Milk ), Steven Canals ( Pose ), Francis Ford Coppola ( The Godfather ), Laeta Kalogridis ( Shutter Island , Altered Carbon ) David Koepp ( Spider Man ), Josefina Lopez ( Real Women Have Curves ), Alexander Payne ( Nebraska ), David S. Ward ( The Sting ), Eric Roth ( Forrest Gump ) and Caroline Williams ( Miss/Guided ).

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Students build their thesis portfolio by concentrating either on feature film or television writing, though students are encouraged to, and often do take, workshops in both concentrations. The program is designed so that students may fulfill their thesis requirements within their tracks in five quarters, leaving the student space within which to pursue screenwriting workshops outside of their tracks if they wish to do so.

The Screenwriting program has the following time-to-degree requirement: A minimum of six quarters; maximum of seven quarters. The minimum total units required to graduate is 72 units (18 courses). Maintenance of a B average GPA.

430: Introduction to Film & Television Writing  is required for all MFA screenwriting students and must be taken in the Fall Quarter of the student’s first year. Students must take a minimum of  two  graduate-level Cinema and Media Studies courses.

Students must also take FT 210 Viewing and Reading Media in the Fall Quarter of their first year, which fulfils the first of two graduate-level Cinema and Media Studies (CMS) courses requirements.

Please see list below for approved course numbers and titles, and please note that not all courses are offered every quarter. Students should consult the Registrar’s schedule for available courses and class times. For courses in the 298 series, students should consult the graduate advisor first to check whether a course fulfills the CMS requirement.

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• 270: Film Criticism
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• 276: Non-Western Film
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• 298AB: Special Studies (topics vary and must be selected in consultation with the graduate counselor)

Students must take a minimum of  one  graduate-level FTVDM course outside of screenwriting. These may include classes offered by the Producers Program, Production Program or Animation Program.

Students fulfilling their thesis requirements in the feature film track must take:

• One  434: Advanced Screenwriting Workshop
• One  437: Adaptation for Screen
• One  434B/438: Advanced Screenwriting Workshop — Rewrite
• EITHER an  additional 434 or an additional 437

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• Two  284B: One-Hour Drama Pilot Workshops AND
• One  283B: Half-Hour Comedy Pilot Workshop OR
• Two  283B: Half-Hour Comedy Pilot Workshops AND
• One  284B: One-Hour Drama Pilot Workshop

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PhD Application Feedback Program Aims to Increase Diversity in CS Graduate Programs

Now in its third year, the Northwestern Computer Science PhD Application Feedback Program , led by Northwestern Engineering’s Fabian E. Bustamante , aims to assist prospective students with their applications to computer science PhD programs at colleges and universities in the US.

The program is not limited to prospective PhD students applying to Northwestern.

Bustamante is a professor of computer science and codirector of CS graduate admissions at the McCormick School of Engineering.

Prospective PhD students are encouraged to apply for the feedback program by November 1 at 11:59 p.m. CT via this form . Capacity is limited.

The deadline for applicants to the Northwestern CS PhD program is December 1, 2023 , for enrollment in Fall 2024. Application deadlines vary across colleges and universities, so applicants to other programs will want to confirm admissions details at each institution of interest.

During the application review process, an advanced PhD student, postdoctoral fellow, or faculty member provides one round of feedback on the applicant's resume and statement of purpose. The reviewer may also arrange for a brief, 15- to 30-minute virtual meeting to offer additional guidance. Participation in the PhD Application Feedback Program does not guarantee admission to any program.

“I am delighted that my colleague Fabian Bustamante pioneered the launch of this program,” said Samir Khuller , Peter and Adrienne Barris Chair of Computer Science at Northwestern Engineering. “We want to help students who are bright but cannot get the help they need from their own colleges — or students who graduated and are now working on their PhD application.”

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Juilliard’s Top-Tier Graduate Acting Program Is Going Tuition-Free

Starting with the next academic year, the drama school will eliminate an “unrealistic burden” for graduate acting students.

By Michael Paulson

The Juilliard School, one of the world’s most elite conservatories, is making its top-notch graduate acting program tuition-free.

School officials said they hoped that the move would make the drama division accessible to a broader array of students, and that it would make it easier for graduates to pursue careers in the arts because they will have less debt.

“There’s a mythology around a place with a name like Juilliard, and I know too many people who didn’t apply because they thought, ‘I couldn’t afford it,’” said Damian Woetzel, the school’s president. “We recognize that talent is so much greater than opportunity.”

Juilliard’s drama division, in which undergraduate and graduate acting students train together, was (once again) declared the best in the nation by The Hollywood Reporter earlier this year. The school’s alumni have included Robin Williams, Jessica Chastain, Adam Driver and Viola Davis.

The acting program’s Master of Fine Arts track, established in 2012, is relatively new; previously, postgraduate acting students received a credential called simply a diploma. The master’s degree program, which currently has 35 students, is a four-year program — one year longer than most — and the fourth year has always been tuition-free to keep Juilliard competitive with three-year programs elsewhere.

Juilliard’s tuition, for both undergraduates and graduates, is $53,300 per year. About 90 percent of undergraduate students receive some financial aid.

“The expense of being educated these days is an unrealistic burden, particularly for young artists,” the actress Laura Linney, who is a Juilliard alumna and the vice chairwoman of the school’s board of trustees, said in an interview. “Members of my class were paying debt into their 40s. That doesn’t encourage young people to go into the arts.”

Tuition for all graduate acting students will be free starting with the next academic year. To eliminate tuition, the school said it had raised $15 million, with key gifts from the commercial theater producers Stephanie P. McClelland and John Gore.

McClelland, a Juilliard trustee, has been credited as a producer on 87 Broadway shows over the last two decades; she donated with her husband, Carter McClelland, a longtime Wall Street executive. Gore is a British producer whose many ventures include the touring behemoth Broadway Across America and the website Broadway.com. Other gifts, and existing scholarship funds, were combined to permanently replace tuition revenue.

“Many of our M.F.A. students come in with significant undergraduate debt, and some have maxed out the federal loans they can take,” said Evan Yionoulis, the dean of Juilliard’s drama division. This will “allow them to be here without that financial weight on their shoulders, and allow them the freedom, when they graduate, to make choices to build their craft and to have the patience it takes to build their career.”

Juilliard’s move comes two years after Yale University made its drama school, which is also top-ranked and is larger than Juilliard’s, tuition-free with a $150 million gift from David Geffen. James Bundy, the dean of what is now called the David Geffen School of Drama, said the waiving of tuition had already had a significant impact at Yale.

“We’ve seen a rise in applications — we’ve had the two highest years in the school’s history, which tells me that a great many more people saw the school as financially accessible,” Bundy said. “We’ve had a substantial increase in the portion of the applicant pool that identified as Black, Indigenous, or people of color. And taking tuition out of the equation has enabled us to increase stipends for living expenses for students with need, which has the long-term impact of driving down indebtedness.”

Juilliard already has several other tuition-free programs, including the drama division’s two-year playwriting program, which currently has eight students, as well as several specialized music programs. Once the graduate acting program goes tuition-free, 26 percent of all Juilliard students will pay no tuition to attend.

But many music and dance students, as well as drama undergraduates, will continue to have some tuition obligations; the graduate acting program is going tuition-free now because there were donors who stepped forward to make that possible.

“My aim is to make the school tuition-free — the ultimate artistic education deserves that access,” Woetzel said. “Wouldn’t that be something?”

Michael Paulson is the theater reporter. He previously covered religion, and was part of the Boston Globe team whose coverage of clergy sexual abuse in the Catholic Church won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. More about Michael Paulson

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31 Officers Graduate from TEAM School Liaison Program

September 29, 2023

Michigan students will again benefit from the addition of 31 law enforcement officers recently trained in the Teaching, Educating, and Mentoring (TEAM) School Liaison Program.  The Michigan State Police (MSP), Grants and Community Services Division hosted the four-day training, which concluded Thursday, September 28, 2023.

TEAM is a school-based, law-related curriculum that is taught to grades K-12 by TEAM-trained police officers with the goal of uniting educators, students, and law enforcement officers to better equip children to protect themselves from crime.  During the 40-hour training course, officers receive instruction in student/juvenile psychology, classroom management, and public speaking.

In addition to traditional topics like personal safety, how to dial 911, the law and you, and dating violence, the TEAM curriculum has been updated to address the topic of school safety and security including facility assessments, bullying and harassment, cyber-crime, social media use, illicit drugs, and vaping. 

This class included three officers from the MSP, 15 from county sheriffs’ offices, and 13 from township/city police departments:

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TEAM allows officers to teach at any of the three levels of education - elementary, middle, or high school - public or private - aligning with the Michigan Model for Health. The curriculum has been implemented in over 250 Michigan school districts.

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At RISD we offer two graduate degrees in Jewelry + Metalsmithing—a two-year MFA and a one-year post-baccalaureate degree. These programs cultivate individual excellence by emphasizing rigorous research, material experimentation and creative practice.

MFA curriculum

Our two-year MFA program cultivates individual excellence by emphasizing rigorous research, material experimentation and creative practice. In it you produce meaningful work by questioning and investigating the forces that motivate you and by engaging in critical discourse with our creative community—both within and beyond the department.

As an important supplement to studio classes, graduate seminars address issues of the field, along with broader concerns in contemporary art. Structured around readings, presentations and field trips, the resulting discourse creates a bridge between theoretical concerns and hands-on making.

View the master’s curriculum

MFA learning outcomes

Graduates are prepared to:

• be conversant with research precedents and conditions to establish premises for original work.
• articulate and defend the positioning of original work in light of historical, theoretical and conceptual influences.
• understand the distinctions between and benefits of visual and verbal modes of communication in studio practice by both creating and describing original work.
• situate one's work in contemporary contexts and advance the broader conversation in the field.

Thesis project

In the final semester, degree candidates focus on creating a comprehensive body of work under the guidance of a thesis committee. All MFA candidates produce a written thesis and participate in an annual  graduate thesis exhibition  of work by students graduating from RISD's advanced degree programs.

Post-baccalaureate program

The one-year post-baccalaureate program provides individualized instruction in jewelry making and metalsmithing. Essentially a one-year tutorial, it meets you at your experience level in the technical, conceptual and theoretical concerns of the discipline.

Following a portfolio review, you take courses across the full range of undergraduate and graduate studios and seminars in J+M, according to your specific needs and interests. With full access to and use of the department’s studio spaces and facilities, studeyouts gain valuable knowledge and experience either in preparation for graduate study or in support of professional studio practice. (See below for a sample curriculum.)

View sample post-baccalaureate curriculum

Post-baccalaureate learning outcomes

• understand how the history of adornment influences contemporary movements in jewelry.
• gain a greater awareness of current topics specific to the discipline, such as value of materials, authorship, audience and personal identity.
• move an original idea from conception to realization through well-crafted work.
• articulate personal concepts and show creative development through a strong portfolio of work.
• develop the competence and confidence to pursue a well-informed practice as a jewelry designer, either through an established studio or working independently.
• demonstrate the technical and theoretical background necessary to pursue an advanced degree in the field.

Graduate student work

Diya Wang MFA 2021

Steven KP MFA 2020

Iris Han MFA 2018

Jisoo Lee MFA 2016

Hannah Oatman MFA 2020

Louise Hjort MFA 2016

Luci Jockel MFA 2016

MJ Tyson MFA 2017

Inspiring community

With its small size and high ratio of faculty to students, J+M offers focused, individual attention to about a dozen graduate students as they define their methodologies, delve into research areas of their own choosing and explore the intersections between art, craft and design. Graduate students inspire each other and also benefit from the wide range of visiting artists, critics and practicing professionals from around the world who come to campus to offer critical input.

Learning environment

Both graduate and undergraduate students (approximately 30) work with high-end equipment in the department's specialized facilities. In addition, you are assigned a workbench with a torch, ventilation and storage. While you do much of your work individually, you also engage in dialogue with and receive feedback from faculty and peers.

By taking risks you advance your creative practice and locate your work within a larger contemporary context. In short, you learn to open up new, uncharted territory in the field and demonstrate a high level of technical fluency.

Application requirements

Application form.

Submit your RISD application form, and all other credentials, through the  RISD Applicant Portal . The application fee is $60.

Academic transcripts

Initially, you must provide unofficial transcripts of all undergraduate and/or graduate study indicating satisfactory completion, or evidence of anticipated completion, of an undergraduate degree program from an accredited college or university. You can upload your unofficial transcripts within the RISD Applicant Portal. If your academic credentials are prepared in a language other than English, they must be translated into English by an approved translator before submitting.  Enrolling students will later be required to submit official transcripts.

Graduate applicants to studio programs are required to submit 10–20 examples of visual work, with certain programs suggesting more specific ideas or portfolio requirements.

Use SlideRoom to submit your graduate portfolio  here .

Specific program instructions:

Digital + Media:  Your portfolio should contain 10 samples total, which can be a combination of media (e.g., images, video, sound). You may submit up to five videos as project documentation or excerpts of time-based media. In your portfolio you are encouraged to submit at least one video that clearly demonstrates your research and/or work process. Total runtime for all videos should be no more than five minutes.

Please do not submit multi-page PDF files. Each sample should be accompanied by text identifying the medium and year, and a four-sentence description explaining the concepts that inform your work (50 words maximum). If collaborative projects are presented, you must clearly identify your individual contribution.

Furniture Design:  In the MFA programs, students often make their own work as a means to understand complex ideas. The idea is that critical making combined with critical thinking leads to innovative objects. This experimental approach applies to tests and models as well as to full-size objects at human scale. Material experimentation includes traditional, new and hybrid materials as appropriate to individual student interest. Choose your strongest work for your portfolio presentation—and it doesn't necessarily have to be furniture. If possible, you should aim to show finished photographed work and minimize the number of process images you include. ​

In addition to your portfolio materials uploaded to SlideRoom, we ask you to include a self-made video (no more than 20 seconds duration) of you making something. The committee is not looking for video with professional production values, but rather is interested in seeing you making something: small, large, modest or complex, any making action can work—the choice is yours. This option shows the committee more about your interests. Please title your video.​

Jewelry + Metalsmithing (J+M):  J+M prefers that you upload each page of your portfolio as a high-resolution .jpg file. Your portfolio should be 10–15 pages that illustrate your technical skills, material knowledge and conceptual interests. Images of work worn on or interacting with a body are highly encouraged.

Please include detail images when relevant. If you would like to include images of your design development process (drawings, renderings, models and technical process), please limit this to a single page. Do not put more than three images on any single page of the portfolio.

In describing images included in your portfolio, please include title, materials and dimensions of the work. You can add other important contextual information when uploading your files in Slideroom.

Landscape Architecture:  All applicants to the Master's of Landscape Architecture degree programs are required to submit a portfolio  and an additional video essay . Your portfolio should contain 10 individually produced and carefully chosen images of work that reflects your interests in landscape and the discipline of landscape architecture. Applicants to the MLA-1 program who have no prior design training may include photographs, sketches or written work that conveys their ability to observe, identify and explore spatial conditions within the landscape. All other applicants should include a selection of work that best represents the development of their interest in this field of study. All work should be labeled to indicate if it is academic, professional or personal. If team projects are presented, your individual contribution must be clearly identified. The portfolio should include a minimal amount of text.

Prepare a short video of yourself telling us:

• The most important reason you are motivated to study landscape architecture 
• At least one goal you hope to achieve in your graduate education 
• Why you think RISD is the best place to achieve your goals

You are encouraged to be authentic and heartfelt in your response. This essay will function as the beginning of a conversation you will continue to have if you enter the program at RISD and it does not have to be the same information provided in your written essay. Cell phone videos are accepted as well. Maximum length: 2 minutes.

Master of Arts in Teaching:  Your portfolio should consist of 20 images exhibiting the depth and breadth of your studio experience. Ten images should represent work that reflects your investigations within a single medium; seven images should represent your confidence in handling a variety of media; and three images need to be samples of drawings.

Master of Arts in Art + Design Education:  Submit a portfolio of 20 images that most clearly represent your creative practice as an artist or designer.

Statement of purpose

Graduate applicants must submit a written statement (500–750 words) outlining their interest and goals in pursuing graduate study. Several programs suggest more specific ideas or written requirements as outlined below.

Architecture: Submit a 500–750 word statement that addresses the following questions:

• ​How did your interest in architecture develop and how is this development reflected in your portfolio?
• What topics do you wish to explore during your graduate studies? What outcomes do you hope to obtain with an MArch degree?
• How will RISD’s Architecture department specifically support your pursuit of these goals?

Supplemental writing prompt (500 words or fewer): RISD is a community of determined and engaged makers. This common bond invigorates our campus. The backgrounds, lived experiences and curiosities of our students deeply enrich our community. Describe an aspect of your background or life experience that defines who you are. How has this influenced your creative process?

Ceramics: In addition to a 500–750 word statement of purpose, address the following supplemental writing prompt in 500 or fewer words:

RISD is a community of determined and engaged makers. This common bond invigorates our campus. The backgrounds, lived experiences and curiosities of our students deeply enrich our community. Describe an aspect of your background or life experience that defines who you are. How has this influenced your creative process?

Digital + Media:  Within the statement of purpose, the committee seeks a clear explanation of the applicant’s goals for both their time in school and afterwards, and how the MFA in Digital + Media is specifically suited to support these goals. This statement should address the following questions: What are you interested in exploring conceptually? What outcomes do you hope to get from the degree? Where do you see yourself after graduation? In addition to the statement of purpose, applicants should outline their working methodology or practice from initial research to project realization.

Glass: In addition to a 500–750 word statement of purpose, address the following supplemental writing prompt in 500 or fewer words:

Global Arts and Cultures:  Applicants to the master’s program in Global Arts and Cultures must submit an academic statement of purpose of 1,000–2,000 words. The object of your statement is to introduce yourself to the Admissions Committee as a thinker, scholar and writer, and you should address in detail your intellectual interests and proposed topic(s) of graduate study.

Be as specific as possible in describing your prior college-level experience in areas encompassed by Global Arts and Cultures and how this work has contributed to your professional and personal goals in pursuing a master’s degree. Your statement should also reflect your understanding of the contours and demands of graduate study in Global Arts and Cultures at RISD.

Graphic Design: In addition to a 500–750 word statement of purpose, address the following supplemental writing prompt in 500 or fewer words:

Illustration:  In 750–1500 words, please describe how you hope to engage your values as a critical thinker and maker within the context of your illustration studio practice and as a citizen of the world. Your statement should also reflect your understanding of the Illustration MFA course of study and what you hope to gain by completing the program.

Industrial Design: In addition to a 500–750 word statement of purpose, address the following supplemental writing prompt in 500 or fewer words:

Interior Architecture: In addition to a 500–750 word statement of purpose, address the following supplemental writing prompt in 500 or fewer words:

Jewelry + Metalsmithing: In 750 words or less, please address the following:

• How did you arrive at jewelry and/or body-related objects as a format of artistic expression? If your background is grounded in another discipline, please describe how your training will support your success in the Jewelry + Metalsmithing MFA program.
• What are the specific. strengths and distinct capacities of jewelry and body-related objects and how does the work in your portfolio capitalize on these qualities?
• What are the current material, technical and conceptual interests that motivate your practice?
• What specifically about Jewelry + Metalsmithing at RISD interests you? How do you think joining the program will support your artistic and professional goals?

Supplemental J+M writing prompt (250 words or fewer): RISD is a community of determined and engaged makers. This common bond invigorates our campus. The backgrounds, lived experiences and curiosities of our students deeply enrich our community. Describe an aspect of your background or life experience that defines who you are. How has this influenced your creative process?

Landscape Architecture:  Your essay should describe how your interest in landscape developed, how the work in your portfolio is indicative of that development and why the landscape architecture program at RISD seems well suited to your goals.

Master of Arts in Teaching:  Submit a statement (500–700 words) describing why you desire to become a K-12 art educator and to enter the TLAD MAT program specifically. Please be sure to address the following questions within your statement:

• Why do you want to become an art educator and enter the TLAD MAT program specifically?
• How do you feel your academic, studio, and work experiences have prepared you for RISD’s graduate program in art teacher education? 
• How will your own identity as an artist/designer contribute to your practice as an art educator in the classroom?
• What, in your opinion, is the purpose of art education in K-12 schools?
• What do you believe high-quality K-12 art education looks like?

Master of Arts in Art + Design Education:  Submit a written statement (500-750 words) describing your interest in art and design education and your desire to enter the TLAD MA program specifically. Please be sure to address the following questions within your statement:

• Why do you want to become an art educator and enter the TLAD MA program specifically (especially as opposed to a MFA program)?
• What are your specific interests related to art and design education?
• How might these specific interests contribute to the thesis research you would engage in within this program? 
• Our MA program is unique in that students customize a program of study. How you would customize your MA program to maximize the resources of RISD, Brown and Providence,  and  that would support your potential research interests at the same time?
• How do you imagine the MA will support your future goals and interests after graduation (i.e., where do you see yourself in the future and how will the MA help)?

Nature–Culture–Sustainability Studies:  Applicants to the master’s in Nature–Culture–Sustainability Studies must submit an academic statement of purpose of 1,000–2,000 words. The object of your statement is to introduce yourself to the Admissions Committee as a thinker, scholar and writer, and you should address in detail your intellectual interests and proposed topic(s) of graduate study.

You should be as specific as possible in describing your prior college-level experience in the areas of Nature–Culture–Sustainability Studies and how this work has contributed to your professional and personal goals in pursuing a master’s degree. Your statement should also reflect your understanding of the contours and demands of graduate study in Nature–Culture–Sustainability Studies at RISD.

Painting: In addition to a 500–750 word statement of purpose, address the following supplemental writing prompt in 500 or fewer words:

Photography:  Provide a clearly written statement of purpose (max. 750 words) explaining why you need to attend graduate school now, why you want to attend RISD specifically, and what you believe that you and your practice needs that RISD and its community can offer.

Also provide a clearly written, accessible artist’s statement (max. 750 words)   that elucidates the work you’ve included in your submitted portfolio, its aims, forms, development, trajectory, possibilities, meanings and relevance as you construe these things. Tell us what you’re doing—and tell us how and why.

Printmaking: In addition to a 500–750 word statement of purpose, address the following supplemental writing prompt in 500 or fewer words:

Textiles: In addition to a 500–750 word statement of purpose, address the following supplemental writing prompt in 500 or fewer words:

Writing sample

Applicants to the MA programs in Global Arts and Cultures and Nature–Culture–Sustainability Studies are required to submit an example of critical and/or analytical writing. See below for all program-specific instructions.

Global Arts and Cultures:  Applicants are required to submit a writing sample that represents your strongest critical and/or analytical writing on a topic clearly related to Global Arts and Cultures. Please indicated if your writing sample is excerpted from a longer work. If it is, please make sure it forms a coherent argument and is framed such that the Admissions Committee understands its function as part of a longer work.

Nature–Culture–Sustainability Studies:  Applicants are required to submit a writing sample that represents your strongest critical and/or analytical writing on a topic clearly related to Nature–Culture–Sustainability Studies. Please indicated if your writing sample is excerpted from a longer work. If it is, please make sure it forms a coherent argument and is framed such that the Admissions Committee understands its function as part of a longer work.

Letters of recommendation

Applicants are required to submit three letters of recommendation. 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 for graduate study. You may invite your recommenders to upload their letters through your Applicant Portal. If your recommenders are unable to submit using this method, their letters may be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to the Graduate Admissions Office.

English language proficiency test

All applicants who speak English as a second language, including US citizens, must submit results from any one of these three options:  TOEFL  (Test of English as a Foreign Language),  IELTS  (International English Language Testing System) or  Duolingo  (an online English test). Since proficiency in English is a prerequisite for acceptance, applicants must attain an acceptable score on their chosen test; RISD requires a minimum result of 93 on the TOEFL or a 6.5 on the IELTS.

Duolingo is changing its scoring system beginning with tests completed on July 15, 2019 and beyond. If you took this test prior to the change, we require a minimum result of 63. Applicants who completed the Duolingo test on or after July 15, 2019 must achieve a minimum score of 115, which is the equivalent of 63 in their prior scoring system.

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. Duolingo test results may take up to four days to be received by RISD.

The language test requirement may be waived for applicants who have studied in an institution where English is the language of instruction. You must contact the Admissions Office to explain your school history and determine if you are eligible.

Graduate Record Exam (GRE)

Results from the Graduate Record Examination are  not  required as part of the application process.