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THE RWU DIFFERENCE
Roger Williams University is a top-ranked university in Rhode Island, offering juris doctorate, graduate, undergraduate, and associate degrees. Located in a safe, coastal environment, RWU provides a dynamic educational experience by creating powerful combinations of academic excellence with real-world opportunities. RWU is committed to preparing students for successful careers in a competitive and adaptable workforce.
Making an Impact
Real-World Learning
At RWU, your education is more than a degree — it’s a powerful combination of purpose, hands-on experience, and community. With expert faculty and a campus that feels like home, you’ll chart your own path and graduate ready to lead, solve, and thrive.
Maximize Your Potential With Summer Sessions
There’s no better time of year to get ahead or catch up. Whether you’re a current RWU student, a visiting undergraduate, or a rising high school student eager to experience college-level learning, RWU has a wide selection of online summer courses designed to help you meet your goals.
Get a Great Internship
At RWU, experiential learning turns knowledge into action. Students tackle real-world challenges, build professional skills, and explore career paths through internship opportunities. This powerful combination of classroom learning and practical experience deepens understanding, builds confidence, and prepares students to stand out in their future careers.
Start Anytime with EXT Rolling Admission
At RWU Extension School, learning fits your life. With rolling admission, flexible programs, and real-world pathways, you can begin your degree or certificate when you're ready—on your terms, at your pace.
Study with a Leader in STEM Education
Join us for the STEM Showcase Open House on Dec. 7 and discover how our science, technology, engineering, and math programs prepare students to lead in innovation and discovery. Tour our waterfront campus, explore state-of-the-art labs, studios, and learning spaces, and learn how RWU supports STEM students through hands-on experiences, mentoring, and research opportunities.
Sunday, December 7
Powerful Combinations. Boundless Possibilities.
The most impactful education is the one you design for yourself. Through Powerful Combinations of academic programs, internships, research, and student activities, RWU students create unique pathways that align with their passions and set them apart in the job market.
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Blue Fellows Program
A bold new initiative preparing students to drive innovation in marine science, conservation, and sustainable economic development through hands-on internships with laboratories, aquaculture facilities, research-focused nonprofits, and marine businesses.
Roger Williams University Celebrates First-Gen Students with Week of Belonging and Empowerment
First-Generation College Celebration Week brought together students, faculty, staff, and alumni to affirm shared experiences and build a stronger community of support.
Discovering a Hidden Record of Survival: How Roger Williams University Students Chronicled a Story of Slavery and Freedom
RWU undergraduates lead a multi-university research effort to authenticate a rare firsthand narrative that documents a man’s self-emancipation from slavery to global maritime freedom.
Roger Williams University Community and Historians Work to Restore Indigenous Voices to the Thanksgiving Story
At Thanksgiving Retold, historians Don “Strong Turtle” Brown, Jr. and Richard Pickering joined The Co-Lab in guiding the RWU community through a deeper, Indigenous-centered examination of the holiday’s origins.
A More Complex Picture of Rhode Island’s First Couple, Roger and Mary Williams
Roger Williams University History Professor Charlotte Carrington-Farmer talks about her new book about state founder Roger Williams, and a new exhibit about his wife, Mary Williams.
Roger Williams University Professor Receives $40,000 NIH Grant for Biomedical Engineering Research on Early Detection of Breast Cancer
Associate Professor of Engineering Ahmet Akosman was awarded a grant to further his work in creating more accessible methods to detect breast cancer early.