School of Design
School of
Design
Overview
The School of Design is ranked among the best, with Business Week naming it one of the top 10 design schools in the country. Effective design combined with creativity and professionalism are the school’s tenets. Using both technological and theoretical approaches to find solutions to design problems, students work with award-winning faculty who are creatives, critical thinkers, and innovative problem-solvers. Students have access to state-of-the art laboratories and computer facilities as well as the Cary Graphic Arts Collection and the entire archive of renowned designers Massimo and Lella Vignelli, housed in RIT’s Vignelli Center for Design Studies.
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Number of designs from the industrial design program’s Metaproject senior studio that are currently in production through various companies.
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The Fab Lab is equipped with 12 3D printers - in addition to laser cutting and CNC routing technology - to complete submitted projects by students, faculty, and staff.
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Faculty are professional members or affiliates of more than 20 national, international, and local organizations.
Latest News
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May 21, 2019
![RIT Access Technology IdeaLab lead Dan Harel instructs during the event that ran Nov. 4-5 at RIT.]()
Multidisciplinary teams apply problem-solving skills during IdeaLab event
Rochester Institute of Technology students and faculty from various disciplines put their creative problem-solving skills to good use earlier this month. Working collaboratively, they examined challenges faced by client organizations and then presented conceptual solutions to them during a two-day event.
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May 21, 2019
![Sean Petterson, the keynote speaker of this year's Creative Industry Day at RIT, is a 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 Honoree]()
Petterson to deliver keynote speech at Creative Industry Day
Sean Petterson, CEO and founder of New York City-based StrongArm Technologies, is scheduled to kick off Creative Industry Day by delivering the keynote speech from 11 a.m.-noon. Petterson is a 2013 industrial design graduate who was named a 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree in manufacturing and industry.
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May 21, 2019
Featured Work
Light Set - Bike Safety
Yinan Luan
Calming Stone
Yiting Zhu
Pyaha
Andrea Gonzalez
Traditional Paraguayan textiles were used to create a small tableware collection for typical dishes.
Undergraduate Programs
Innovative and creative design solutions that enrich the ways in which people live, work, and play is the emphasis of the school’s undergraduate programs. The school offers BFA programs in 3D digital design, graphic design, industrial design, interior design, and new media design.
Graduate Programs
The School of Design offers two MFA programs — one in visual communication design and another in industrial design. The MFA in visual communication design focuses on all areas of design, including graphic design, user experience/interaction design, design studies, motion graphics, and 3D digital design. The MFA in industrial design includes seminar courses in design history and research and studio courses focusing on sustainability and design process.
Minors and Immersions
Student Resources
For internal College of Art and Design resources such as academic information, forms, FAQs and more, visit inside.cad.rit.edu. For information about academic advising, visit here.