Sustainability
Sustainability
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RIT is a leader in groundbreaking sustainability research, education, and engagement. The RIT campus is a living laboratory for sustainable technologies, practices, and philosophies within our built and natural environment. Every day, in all that we do, we live the principles of a sustainable community.
Undergraduate Programs
Analyze and solve real-world infrastructure challenges in RIT’s civil engineering technology degree.
Learn more about the Civil Engineering Technology BS programRIT’s clean and renewable energy option in electrical engineering will prepare you to develop and implement solutions that reduce, prevent, or mitigate serious environmental threats to our planet.
Learn more about the Clean and Renewable Energy Option - Electrical Engineering BS programThe energy and environment option is focused on identifying, developing, and effectively utilizing alternative energy systems.
Learn more about the Energy and the Environment Option - Mechanical Engineering BS programCreate a sustainable future for our planet in this innovative bachelor’s degree in environmental science, where you’ll combine a love for nature with cutting-edge research.
Learn more about the Environmental Science BS programDrive real-world change: transform food systems, advance sustainable production, and mitigate pollution through RIT’s sustainability option in ESHS BS.
Learn more about the Environmental Sustainability Option - Environmental Sustainability, Health and Safety BS programLead sustainability initiatives and promote safer, healthier, and more resilient workplaces and communities with RIT’s ESHS degree.
Learn more about the Environmental Sustainability, Health and Safety BS programGain core packaging engineering skills of designing and testing sustainable packaging for food, medical, and consumer product industries.
Learn more about the Packaging Science BS programForge your path to engineering excellence with Pre-Baccalaureate Studies in Engineering. Build your foundation.
Learn more about the Pre-Baccalaureate Studies in Engineering programLay the groundwork for a scientific future with Pre-Baccalaureate Studies in Science and Mathematics. Explore the unknown.
Learn more about the Pre-Baccalaureate Studies in Science and Mathematics programPrepare for careers in hazard assessment and emergency planning with the surveying and geospatial analysis option - ESHS BS at RIT.
Learn more about the Surveying and Geospatial Analysis Option - Environmental Sustainability, Health and Safety BS programGraduate Programs
Blend design, research, and sustainability in RIT’s NAAB-accredited master’s in architecture.
Learn more about the Architecture M.Arch. programAn environmental science master’s degree that balances environmental conservation, human well-being, and economic development to tackle the biggest problems plaguing our environment.
Learn more about the Environmental Science MS programLead sustainability and safety efforts with RIT’s MS in environmental health and safety management.
Learn more about the Environmental, Health and Safety Management MS programDesign sustainable, functional packaging that stands out. RIT’s MS in packaging science blends creativity and engineering to craft creative packaging solutions.
Learn more about the Packaging Science MS programRIT’s Ph.D. in sustainability solves real-world challenges and optimizes sustainable systems across tech, business, energy, and more.
Learn more about the Sustainability Ph.D. programSolve global challenges using sustainability science in energy, food, health, and more.
Learn more about the Sustainable Systems MS programLatest News
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November 4, 2025
Students take the lead in growing sustainability program
The Climate and Sustainability Leadership Program brings together students across all majors to learn through campus discussions and hands-on experiences with Rochester-area partners. The goal is to create leaders in sustainability.
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October 22, 2025
RIT preservation specialist empowers cultural heritage institutions to adopt sustainable practices
Emily Bernal and her colleagues at RIT’s Image Permanence Institute are dedicated to helping museums, libraries, and archives adopt more eco-friendly methods for managing climate control systems.
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September 30, 2025
RIT Dubai, SmartKable partnering to advance smart grid technologies
RIT Dubai is partnering with SmartKable Powerline Solutions, a New York-based company, and its Middle East and Africa arm SmartKable Equinova, to develop an AI solution that will enable a smarter electric grid.
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September 29, 2025
RIT faculty member and students create peace art installation at Woodstock site
RIT architecture Professor Amanda Reis and students designed and built the ‘Peace Pavilion’ at Bethel Woods for BuildFest 2: Peace Rises.
Thought Leaders in Sustainability
Golisano Institute for Sustainability
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