RISD vs RCA-(Interior Design)

[Juliachucy]

Hello, everyone. I've receive an offer from Rhode Island School of Design and an interview notification from Royal College of Art.

 

 

 

 

Master of Design, a 2-year program in Interior Studies, as well as $2,500 fellowship for the first year from RISD.

 Master of Art, a 2-year program in Interior Design from Royal College of Art, without any financial aid for an international student.

 Both the schools are quite famous and expensive, which one is better as an international student.

 For location, of course, I prefer London to Providence. For a better working opportunity, it seems that RISD is a contender.

In the UK, few international student could stay and find a job.

For academic level and teaching facilities, Interior Design is a new program started in 2012 fall in RCA while its director is Ab Rogers.

 

At the same time, Interior Architecture at RISD has run for years, however the program itself seems to be a weak one than other programs.

 BTW, both the tuition fee is quite expensive. For RISD, it's around $90,000 for two year. For RCA, it's about £53,000.

 

 

 

 

 

 What is your advice?

[hayhale]

RISD is one of the highest ranked programs in the US. They offer a curriculum based on theory and less on technical skills (or at least that's what it looks like from my research). I don't have enough information to judge RCA, so I can't help compare. Hopefully this helps you make a more informed decision!

[Juliachucy]

 

RISD is one of the highest ranked programs in the US. They offer a curriculum based on theory and less on technical skills (or at least that's what it looks like from my research). I don't have enough information to judge RCA, so I can't help compare. Hopefully this helps you make a more informed decision!

 

RISD is an Art school, so is RCA, based on theory. However, I really like those beautiful drafts from RCA architecture students.

Thank you for your advice!