URI Feinstein College of Continuing Education

Specialties

URI Feinstein Providence Campus houses the College of Continuing Education, devoted to non-​traditional students and education for traditional students interested in degree completion on an Urban campus.

We offer a variety of Undergraduate, Graduate, Certificate Programs, and Non-​Credit Courses. Our programs are flexible and individualized that allow adult students to pursue and continue with their professional development.

History

Established in 1892.

The University was first chartered as the state’s agricultural school and agricultural experiment station in 1888. The site of the school was originally the Oliver Watson Farm, the original farmhouse of which is still maintained as a small museum. In 1892, the school became known as the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The first class had only seventeen students, each completing their course of study in two years. In 1909, the school’s name was again changed to Rhode Island State College as the school’s programs were expanded beyond its original agricultural education mandate. In 1951 the school was given its current title through an act of the General Assembly following the addition of the College of Arts and Sciences and the offering of doctoral degrees.