RU Eri is a near-contact eclipsing binary (V~9.24mag) with a 0.632-day orbital period. The Wilson-Devinney program is used to simultaneously solve new UBV light curves obtained between 1973 and 1981 at the Fernbank Science Center Observatory, together with existing single-lined radial velocity measurements. Light and velocity solution parameters, orbital elements, and absolute dimensions are presented. A period of 0.632198836+/-0.000000046d is found.