The University of Rhode Island (URI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States. It is the flagship public research as well as the land-grant university of Rhode Island. The university is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". As of 2019, the URI enrolled 14,653 undergraduate students, 1,982 graduate students, and 1,339 non-degree students, making it the largest university in the state.
The university is represented athletically by the Rhode Island Rams. The university does not sponsor varsity hockey but has club teams in the men's and women's ice hockey teams both of which compete in Division I of the American Collegiate Hockey Association in the Eastern States Collegiate Hockey League. The teams are based out of the Bradford R. Boss Arena in Kingston, Rhode Island.