The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) was established in 1877 and has a long history of over a hundred years. It is a top-ranking and globally renowned design university in the United States, located in Providence, Rhode Island. Today, more than 1,800 undergraduates and over 300 graduate students from over 50 countries worldwide gather in the campus of the Rhode Island School of Design to pursue undergraduate and master’s degrees in fine arts, architectural design, ceramic glass design, fashion design, and other majors. The college has 350 talented teachers and 400 staff members. Every year, it also hosts over 200 famous artists, designers, critics, writers, and philosophers from all over the world as visiting scholars and part-time professors. The college has cultivated more than 16,000 graduates, who are spread across the United States and the world, many of whom have become outstanding design talents of the 20th century, especially in architecture, interior design, and industrial product design.

The Rhode Island School of Design is the earliest independent art and design college in the United States. The college implements a credit system, mainly for undergraduate and postgraduate education, with its students coming from more than 50 countries worldwide. It is a top-ranking international design college. The college’s educational philosophy is: “Committed to the cultivation of design and art talents. Enhancing public art education, and the level of commerce and products.”

Of particular note is the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, a university art museum with over 80,000 collections, ranging from ancient Greek and Roman sculptures to French Impressionist paintings, from ancient Chinese colored pottery and stone carvings to modern art, and from clothing textiles, glass, ceramics to furniture, all displayed in 45 galleries in a three-story building, becoming a history of art development from ancient times to the 21st century. Students from all majors of the college can study and research in the museum, and the museum also becomes an important open learning education center through various special exhibitions, lectures, and study classes.