Nastaran Nagshineh, a Ph.D. candidate at RIT, successfully bridged the Rochester and Dubai campuses, paving the way for future international students. Nagshineh is one of 67 Ph.D. students who defended their thesis this academic year and who will earn their doctorate.

Graduate degree programs at RIT were named among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. In the U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools 2024, RIT’s Saunders College of Business tied for 97th as one of the top full-time MBA programs.

A growing cohort of RIT students is enrolling in the university’s Combined Accelerated Bachelor’s/Master’s Degrees program, which provides pathways for highly focused, goal-oriented students to earn both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in a shortened, consolidated experience.