Academic Support
Academic Support
Access and Support Services
Access services enable more than 650 deaf and hard-of-hearing RIT students to register and fully participate in roughly 23,000 credit hours annually in more than 200 highly competitive academic programs. Services include interpreting, notetaking, real-time captioning, tutoring, and more.
English Language Center
The English Language Center offers a comprehensive, intensive academic program that provides English language instruction in a cross-cultural learning environment to prepare international students for success at RIT. Courses are offered at seven proficiency levels from basic to advanced academic.
Higher Education Opportunity Program
Sponsored jointly through a grant from the New York State Department of Education and RIT, HEOP committed to the recruitment and academic success of disadvantaged students with strong academic potential and personal initiative who would otherwise be excluded from higher education at a private New York state college or university.
Multicultural Center for Academic Success
The Multicultural Center for Academic Success (MCAS) is committed to maximizing the academic potential and holistic development of students by creating an inclusive, student-centered environment. Students can participate through personal advising, leadership development opportunities, cultural diversity education, and cultural programming.
Native American Future Stewards Program
The Future Stewards Program is committed to increasing the success rate and number of Native scholars in science, technology, engineering, and math. We partner with students and Tribal nations, organizations, and corporations to create opportunities for Native scholars to develop professionally, personally, and culturally.
Registrar
The Office of the Registrar maintains the official academic records for current and former students. The office publishes an online registration guide; coordinates registration; issues ID cards; schedules classrooms; produces the final exam schedule; handles all corrections to student data; verifies enrollment and degrees; processes transcript requests; and prepares and mails diplomas.
