The Rhode Island School of Design (abbreviated RISD, pronounced /ˈrɪzdi/) is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877 and is currently located at the base of College Hill and contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and offer joint courses.

Applicants are required to complete RISD's infamous three-drawing "hometest". The school consistently ranks as the number one fine arts college in the United States. The school includes about 350 faculty and curators, and 400 staff members.

About 1,880 undergraduates and 370 graduate students enroll from all over the United States and 50 other countries. It offers 16 undergraduate majors and 17 graduate majors. RISD is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD), a consortium of thirty-six leading art schools in the United States.

It also maintains over 80,000 works of art in the RISD Museum. In May 2006 the RISD Board of Trustees approved this mission statement:

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