The Packaging Science program at RIT is one of the most unique and respected in the country. One of only a handful in the nation to offer the program, the discipline provides students exposure to laboratory experience and real life problem solving. Embedded into the program is the required full-time co-op within a company. RIT is the only institute in the country that requires all Packaging Science students to experience this opportunity. This allows students to develop their professional skills, expand their real world experience, and most importantly broadens their industry contacts. Graduates are rewarded with highly developed skills, extensive materials background and initiative knowledge of their application.

RIT’s Packaging Science program was first established in 1972. It is an interdisciplinary degree that leads to either a bachelors or masters of science. RIT's relationship with industry leaders and the skills students obtain in development, sales, and purchasing results in professional careers within this multi-billion dollar industry. This relationship, along with the faculty being packaging professionals, ensures that students acquire the most current technological knowledge base.

Principle Field Of Study
The principal field of study is defined to be all courses in the packaging science department, as well as the required courses in the College of Science (for the technical option), colleges of Business and Science (management option), and colleges of Science and Imaging Arts and Sciences (printing option). Matriculated students not maintaining a 2.0 cumulative grade point average in their principal field of study are subject to academic probation or suspension, according to Institute policy.

Program Characteristics
The program is:
1. Career oriented-graduates are ready to enter directly into a position of responsibility.
2. Interdisciplinary-students become familiar with the many facets of packaging through courses in several RIT colleges.
3. Adaptable to a modified cooperative plan-scheduled at the students' convenience, following development of appropriate skills.
4. Representative of industry needs content developed with the assistance of an industry advisory board, consultants from the industry and educational specialists.

Transfer Admissions
Transferring into the program with advanced standing is particularly advantageous, since RIT has had many years of experience in assimilating graduates of two-year colleges into its programs and moving them directly into a chosen career field. Some candidates in two-year colleges will find in the packaging science program a career opportunity with outstanding potential. Courses for associate degree holders (AA, AS, AAS) are arranged to meet program requirements and to correct deficiencies resulting from work taken at other institutions not offering the courses required for graduation. With a selective choice of electives, graduates of two-year colleges find it possible to complete the packaging science curriculum in two additional years at RIT.

To apply for admissions please go to the following link: http://www.rit.edu/emcs/admissions/application-process