RISD fulfills its mission by providing the highest quality education in the visual arts, design, architecture, and art education to prepare its students and the broader community to be creative and responsive to the needs of a global society.

Programs in Architecture have been available at RISD since 1901. The department currently offers the degrees of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architecture, Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture. Department alumni include Anthony C. Belluschi 65/66 (chairman of RISD's Board of Trustees), Deborah Berke 75/77, Jim Childress 77/78, Lea Cloud 83/84 + Victoria Rospond 83/84 and Michael ...