Graduate Student Dates and Deadlines

Submit a nonrefundable enrollment deposit of $500 to reserve your space. (This deposit will be applied to your first tuition bill.) To pay by credit card or debit card, please use the link below to go to our secure online site. In order to access the deposit link, you will need to log into your applicant status portal.

Submit payment

RISD Health Services requires all new students to submit health forms. Your registration is not considered complete until we receive your completed and signed health forms.

Submit health forms

Any graduate student interested in on-campus housing for the upcoming academic year needs to apply via the housing portal.

If you are enrolled in a graduate program that begins during the summer, you can receive on-campus housing for the summer. Please see our summer housing overview for more information.

Graduate students residing off-campus for the upcoming academic year can also begin registering their address via the housing portal beginning on this date.

You must confirm satisfactory completion of your undergraduate education. To do so, arrange for Admissions to receive your final, official transcript by June 1.

Requests to defer graduate admission are reviewed by Admissions and the department to which you have been admitted. All requests should be sent to your graduate program director and admissions@risd.edu. You will be informed of the outcome in your applicant status portal. Review our deferral policy for details.

To be considered for academic-year housing on campus, or if you are taking part in a summer grad program, complete your application via the housing portal by this date.

Students seeking housing accommodations must have documentation submitted to Disability Support Services by this date to ensure timely review.

RISD Health Services requires all new students to submit health forms. Your registration is not considered complete until we receive your completed and signed health forms.
If you do not submit completed health forms, you will not receive a course schedule and will not be able to begin attending classes.

Submit health forms

If space comes available for the upcoming school year, we will offer housing placements, first come, first served based on if and when we received a housing application from you.

Fall semester runs from September 6–December 11.

Any graduate student interested in on-campus housing for winter and spring needs to apply via the housing portal. Students will receive an email to their RISD email address when the housing portal opens.