Rice University - Houston - United States: Ratings, Rankings and Reviews

Wikipedia Extract:

Rice University

Rice University

William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University, is a private research university in Houston, Texas, United States. Established in 1912, the university spans 300 acres.

Rice University comprises eight undergraduate, graduate and professional schools, including School of Humanities, School of Social Sciences, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, George R. Brown School of Engineering, Wiess School of Natural Sciences, Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, Rice School of Architecture, and Shepherd School of Music.

Established in 1912 as William M. Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art after the murder of its namesake William Marsh Rice, Rice has been a member of the Association of American Universities since 1985 and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Rice competes in 14 NCAA Division I varsity sports and is a part of the American Athletic Conference. Its teams are the Rice Owls.

Alumni include 26 Marshall Scholars, 13 Rhodes Scholars, 7 Churchill Scholars, and 3 Nobel laureates.

Read more...
 
Rice University
  • Country: United States
  • City: Houston
  • Postal Code: 77005-1827
  • https://rice.edu
  • Date/Year Founded:
  • Named after: William Marsh Rice
  • Number of students: 7643
  • Headquarters Location: Houston
  • Global Ranking Score (Higher is Better): 514614
lnk

Location Map

Some analytics

Some Famous Alumni of Rice University

  • Larry McMurtry

    Larry McMurtry
    screenwriter, writer, businessperson, historian, author, novelist, essayist

    Read more...

     
  • Dan Friedkin

    businessperson, film director, film producer

    Read more...

     
  • Candace Bushnell

    Candace Bushnell
    writer, columnist, journalist, novelist, essayist

    Read more...

     
  • Joyce Carol Oates

    Joyce Carol Oates
    screenwriter, writer, poet, professor, playwright, author, university teacher, children's writer, novelist, essayist, autobiographer, diarist

    Read more...

     
  • William Luther Pierce

    William Luther Pierce
    writer, politician, physicist, university teacher, journalist, novelist

    Read more...

     
  • Howard Hughes

    Howard Hughes
    astronomer, astronaut, screenwriter, actor, businessperson, military personnel, poet, engineer, entrepreneur, mathematician, inventor, fisher, chemist, musician, paratrooper, business magnate, painter, hunter, aircraft pilot, film director, film producer, restaurateur, marksman, designer, skydiver, aerospace engineer, philanthropist

    Read more...