All students must have a permanent (home) address on file. Students must promptly notify RISD of changes in permanent (home) address and telephone, as well as local address and local phone number. Changes are initiated in Workday directly by the student. For international students, the address will take effect upon approval from the International Student & Scholar Affairs Office. For all other students the address change is immediate.

Students living in a RISD residence hall need not report a local address. All students who are not living in RISD residence facilities should have their local address and a local phone number on file at all times (note: a RISD box number is not sufficient for a local address).

International students on an F-1 Visa must report a change of address within ten days of the address change to the International Student & Scholar Affairs (ISSA) Office. All students on F-1 Visas must report both local and foreign address information to the International Student & Scholar Affairs (ISSA) Office; a home address in the native country must be on file in Workday at all times. Address changes made in Workday will automatically get routed to ISSA for review.

In Workday, students may also set an emergency contact along with their address, phone and email. Students living on campus may be requested by Residence Life to provide additional emergency contact information.