Services for Students

RIT/NTID offers a wide range of services for students to support your academic goals and personal interests.

The Department of Access Services provides interpreting, notetaking, and real-time captioning (C-print) services to the RIT community so that all members can enjoy full access to communication.

Access services enable deaf and hard-of-hearing students to register and fully participate in more than 200 highly competitive academic programs. Deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing students alike use access services to communicate with each other in a variety of extra-curricular activities associated with student clubs and organizations, entertainment and sports events, and RIT programs and services.

More information about access services available to students in other colleges of RIT can be found here.

Student and Academic Services (S&AS) provides oversight for a number of NTID programs and services, including the Student Life Team, NTID Counseling and Psychological Services, Student Conduct, NTID Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Substance and Addiction Intervention Services for the Deaf, NTID Financial Services, and NTID Athlete Development Services.

NTID counselors provide personal, social, career and academic counseling services to all deaf and hard-of-hearing students at RIT. Every RIT/NTID student has a counselor assigned to work with them. Learn more on the Counseling & Academic Advising Services department website.

The Communication Studies and Services Department (CSS) provides a broad range of support and opportunity for deaf and hard-of-hearing students who want to expand communication skills that will serve them—both during and after college—in educational, professional, community, and other settings.

If you are seeking a co-op or a job after graduation, the NTID Co-op and Career Center can help. The center's employment specialists are in touch with what is happening in the current employment market and have contact with employers who are interested in hiring deaf and hard-of-hearing students and graduates. Visit the office at LBJ-2808 or contact your employment advisor for the most recent job listings and information.

The RIT Office of Cooperative Education and Career Services provides job search advice, job listings, orientations and seminars about career and job search topics and a resource library for RIT students and alumni. The office's reference service makes letters of recommendation available to potential employers at your request.

Students may be able to reserve certain classrooms and meeting rooms for their organizations. Please fill out your request online at reserve.rit.edu.

The RIT Student Employment Office administers all aspects of on-campus student employment and implements policies and procedures regarding students working on campus. The office also lists off-campus jobs you can check out if you are seeking part-time or summer jobs.

The Academic Success Center (ASC) is devoted to providing academic assistance for RIT students as well as support for RIT faculty and staff. The ASC offers a number of programs and services that assist and empower students to achieve academic success including individual and group instruction, tutoring and content specific support in math & physics, peer to peer learning, and on-line content.