Bee Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Pre-Collegerising high school seniors and seniors can experience life as a RISD student and collaborate with hundreds of other creative, highly motivated students who will inspire them to push their limits and produce their best work. They will follow a college-level curriculum inspired by RISD’s first-year experience, featuring daylong studio classes, visits to the Nature Lab and RISD Museum, critiques and projects that will forever shape the way they approach art and design.
Outside of the studio, students can participate in activities and events on and off campus. Summer 2025 runs from June 28 to August 2.
“I feel like I have grown tenfold as an artist at Pre-College, and I have never been more inspired to pursue art school. The critique process at RISD is so unique and constructive. I’m so glad I got to experience it.”
Gauri G., Pre-College 2024
Register for RISD’s Pre-College Residential Summer Immersive.
RISDs Advanced program online is an online intensive designed for high school students interested in art and design in college. This series of university-level courses for students in grades 10 to 12 calls on creative young people to reshape the way they see the world, their art practice and the way they collaborate, while incorporating best practices learn in developing their work.
The spring 2025 term runs from March 1 through May 11, and the summer 2025 term runs from June 14 through August 10.
Enroll in RISD’s online advanced program.
Whether on campus or online, students participate in courses led by our renowned faculty, learn to navigate the resources and demands of the university, and create portfolio-ready work.
Read more and compare programs at precollege.risd.edu/compare-programs.
