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A Unique College. A Superior Education.
Learn more about our unmatched opportunities for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
Attend one of our Open House events and you’ll get a pretty good idea.
At RIT, seeing is believing and experience is everything. Deep dive into your area of interest and discover how RIT's signature co-op program will help you land a job after you graduate.
Saturday, November 9
Spring Dates:
Saturday, April 18*
Friday, April 24*
*Registration will open in early December 2019
Coming to RIT/NTID is about getting access to opportunities and people who will support you and challenge you to be your best. It's about getting experiences that will shape you and take you where you want to go.
We are creating the most powerful, successful network of deaf and hard-of-hearing professionals in the world.
Join us and help move the world forward.
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Meet the President and Dean
NTID has revolutionized education for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Everything we do is focused on providing the education and experiences these students need to pursue their goals and lead successful lives. No other university in the world provides better support for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, and no other college provides better outcomes.
Faces of RIT
Bringing Deaf Culture to the Big Screen
Walker wants to share Deaf and hard-of-hearing stories to bridge the gap between cultures and represent the Deaf community in Hollywood.
Visual Exploration
As outreach coordinator for Sunshine 2.0, a theater group at RIT's National Institute for the Deaf, Beam and his troupe provide performances and activities for deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adults that highlight the fields of deaf culture, literacy, and STEM.
Medicine's Future
By working on a faculty-guided research project, Pannullo has gained hands-on research experience to pursue a future in regenerative medicine. It’s one way Pannullo is putting experiential learning to work.
Picture Perfect
With only a split second to get the perfect shot, Hamilton's passion for capturing emotion is an asset to creating authentic images in the moment.
Latest News
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November 12, 2019
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RIT/NTID-developed app enhances accessibility for museum visitors on self-guided tours
The app, known as MUSEAI, is a new self-guided tour platform designed to enhance accessibility for all visitors in museums. Visitors use the app by inputting a number that is placed next to the artwork, which provides them with the description, historical facts, media (video/audio) with captions, audio descriptions and more.
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November 10, 2019
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Local snowboarder to represent Canada at Deaflympics in Italy
Guelph Today features James Brunner '17 (electrical mechanical engineering technology).
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November 7, 2019
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Is There a Right Way to Be Deaf?
The New York Times features Amy Crumrine '94 (social work), '97 MS (secondary education of students who are deaf or hard of hearing).
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November 6, 2019
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RIT/NTID hosts award-winning actress Marlee Matlin Dec. 5
Marlee Matlin will be the featured presenter as part of NTID’s Edmund Lyon Memorial Lectureship Series. Matlin will present on the topic of addiction and recovery, based on her 2009 book I’ll Scream Later.
