About The University Of Rhode Island

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The University of Rhode Island's Main Campus is in the village of Kingston in rural Southern Rhode Island just six miles from the ocean. It is located 30 miles from Providence, the capital of the state, and is close to Newport and is within easy reach of Boston and New York. The central quadrangle of the green spacious campus is located on Kingston Hill, with student housing on the hillside and athletic and agricultural facilities on the nearby plains area.

Campus buildings on the 1,200-acre campus are a mix of the old and the new, reflecting changes in style and use since the University's founding in 1892. It is a campus built to human scale and has only one high-rise building.

As a Land Grant, Urban Grant and Sea Grant institution, the University maintains a balanced commitment to excellence in teaching, research, and public service.

The 10,708 undergraduates and 3,611 graduate students are enrolled in one of seven degree granting colleges: Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Engineering, Environment and Life Sciences, Human Sciences and Services, Nursing, and Pharmacy, as well as the Graduate School and the Graduate School of Oceanography.

A uniquely collaborative, personal and innovative public institution, URI is opening doors to the future for its students with education that emphasizes communications, quantitative analysis, and critical thinking. URI encourages interdisciplinary exploration and a style of learning that takes education out of the classroom and into the world beyond. Through the University's partnerships, URI has opened doors for students, faculty, government, and the business community to learn and conduct research together in dynamic, flexible environments.

URI has more than 1,000 ongoing research, educational, and creative projects. It annually receives more than $50 million in research funding from foundations, commercial firms, and federal and state government. URI is ranked in the top five nationally in funding in ocean and coastal research. Total private giving to the University tops $15 million annually.