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Your powerful combination awaits
The RWU Difference
Roger Williams University is a top-ranked university in Rhode Island, offering juris doctorate, graduate, and undergraduate degrees. Located in a safe, coastal environment, RWU provides a dynamic educational experience by creating powerful combinations of academic excellence with real-world opportunities. The university is committed to preparing students for successful careers in a competitive and adaptable workforce.
Making an Impact
Move-In Day 2025: Your New Beginning
From first-years to returning students, Move-In 2025 marks the start of a new chapter at RWU. Find everything you need to settle into campus and start your year with confidence, connection, and community.
Welcome, Class of 2029: Convocation
Convocation marks the beginning of your journey at Roger Williams University. Join faculty, staff, and families on August 25 as we officially welcome our newest Hawks into the RWU community.
RWU Fall Open Houses Sept 28 & Oct 26
Our 70+ academic majors and minors will be represented during our Academic Fair, allowing you to meet the faculty and Deans, ask all your questions, and learn more about how an RWU education is distinctive and dynamic.
Facts at a Glance
- 96%
of RWU Class of 2023Secured post-graduate opportunities of a job placement or grad school within 6 months.*
- 30%First Generation Students
- Only 1
Rhode Island's Only Law SchoolRWU School of Law enjoys undivided attention from the state bench and bar
- 70+Clubs
Plus 24 Varsity Division III Sports
- 98%
Receive Financial AidRWU has increased its institutional financial aid undergraduate budget by over 50% in the last five years.
- 12+Masters and Certificate programs
RWU News
ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY AWARDED GRANT TO LAUNCH MULTI-PARTNER EXPANSION OF PRISON EDUCATION REENTRY PROGRAM
New England Prison Education Collaborative funding enables RWU Extension School to expand credit-bearing, reentry programming for justice-involved individuals.
RWU Law Professor Plays Critical Role in Passage of Rhode Island’s Freedom to Read Act
Nicole P. Dyszlewski helps draft legislation to protect librarians and ensure diverse perspectives in public and school library collections.
RWU Law Named a ‘Best Law School’ by The Princeton Review
The college guide’s “Best Law Schools for 2025” recognizes Roger Williams University School of Law for its strong sense of community, faculty mentorship, and commitment to real-world learning.
RWU Faculty Receive NSF Funds to Advance Microplastics Research in Narragansett Bay
RWU professors receive National Science Foundation funding to apply science and engineering research and undergraduate education toward understanding how microplastics enter and accumulate in Narragansett Bay.
RWU Welcomes Journalists to Explore the Environmental Benefits of Oyster Farming
Journalism fellows from the Metcalf Institute visited Roger Williams University for a hands-on learning experience about the Eastern oyster’s life cycle.
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This first-in-the-nation law protects librarians, educators and readers from censorship and gives people the legal right to challenge book bans in court.
🎙 The Law 401 podcast will tell the full story of how this milestone law came to be and why it matters.
