At the College of Arts and Sciences, we invite you to discover your place in the world.
URI offers you choices that give you a competitive edge in the global marketplace. You can double major, add minors, choose an international focus, and acquire cross-disciplinary knowledge and experiences. Our programs include disciplines in the arts and design, communications and media, humanities, natural sciences and math, and social sciences. Whatever you choose, we’ll prepare you to succeed in a way that is as unique as you are. Our goal is to prepare you to become a well-informed global citizen with the knowledge, flexibility, and skills required to flourish in a rapidly evolving world.
News & Spotlights
URI-based Global RIghts Project report spotlights continued troubling trends in worldwide inhumane treatment - Third annual study notes digital oppression by countries, atrocities reaching record levels.
URI Coastal Institute announces 2025 Emerging Coastal Leaders - Expanded awards program recognizes graduate leaders focused on natural sciences, social sciences, policy, economics, and communications.
Refining the solitary confinement reform debate - URI criminology and criminal justice chair Natalie Pifer, fellow researchers publish study on solitary confinement and its impact.
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