Academics

Academic Organizations

Schools and Departments

School of Architecture

 George R. Brown School of Engineering

• Bioengineering  
• Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering  
• Civil and Environmental Engineering  
• Computational and Applied Mathematics  
• Computer Science  
• Electrical and Computer Engineering  
• Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science  
• Statistics   

 School of Humanities

• Art History  
• Classical Studies  
• Education Certification*  
• English  
• French Studies  
• German Studies  
• Hispanic Studies  
• History  
• Kinesiology  
• Linguistics  
• Philosophy  
• Religious Studies  
• Visual and Dramatic Arts 

 *A non-degree teacher certification program 

Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business 

The Shepherd School of Music

Wiess School of Natural Sciences

• Biochemistry and Cell Biology  
• Chemistry  
• Earth Science  
• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology  
• Mathematics  
• Physics and Astronomy 

School of Social Sciences

• Anthropology  
• Economics  
• Political Science  
• Psychology  
• Sociology 

Interdepartmental

• Area Major
• Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations 
• Asian Studies
• Cognitive Sciences 
• Environmental Studies
• Managerial Studies 
• Medieval Studies 
• Policy Studies 
• Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality  

Undergraduate Minors

• African Studies 
•  Anthropology  
•  Biochemistry and Cell Biology 
• Business 
• Computational and Applied Mathematics 
•  Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 
• Energy and Water Sustainability 
• Financial Computation and Modeling 
• Global Health Technologies 
• Jewish Studies 
• Mathematics  
• Poverty, Justice and Human Capabilities 
• Sociology 
• Statistics   

 Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies 

• Master of Liberal Studies
   

 Centers, Consortia, Institutes, Research Groups and Journals

• James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy  
• Beyond Traditional Borders 
• Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance 
• Brine Chemistry Consortium  
• Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology  
• Center for Chemical Processing Technology  
• Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems  
• Center for Computational Geophysics  
• Center for Education  
• Center for Excellence and Equity in Education 
• Center for Excellence in Tissue Engineering
• Center for High Performance Software Research  
• Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy  
• Center for Multimedia Communication  
• Center for Neurosciences  
• Center for Plant Science  
• Center for Sustainability in the Built Environment
• Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning  
• Center for the Study of Environment and Society  
• Center for the Study of Languages  
• Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality  
• Center for Urbanism
• Center on the Management of Information Technology 
• Chao Center for Asian Studies 
• Connexions  
• Consortium for Processes in Porous Media
• Cox Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering
• Digital Signal Processing Group  
• Dynamical Systems Group  
• El Paso Corporation Finance Center  
• Energy and Environmental Systems Institute  
• Feminist Economics journal     
• Gulf Coast Center for Computational Cancer Research
• Gulf Coast Consortia  
• Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center
• Hazardous Substance Research Center, South and Southwest  
• Humanities Research Center  
• Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering  
• Journal of Southern History  
• Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology 
• Laboratory for NanoPhotonics  
• Los Alamos Computer Science Institute  
• Mathematics Leadership Institute  
• Papers of Jefferson Davis  
• Rice 360°: Institute for Global Health Technologies 
• Rice Advanced Visualization Lab
• Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship  
• Rice Art Gallery  
• Rice Bioinformatics Group  
• Rice Building Institute  
• Rice Center for Organizational Effectiveness Studies  
• Rice Design Alliance  
• Rice Inversion Project Consortium  
• Rice Media Center  
• Rice Quantum Institute  
• Rice Space Institute  
• Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology  
• Scientia  
• Shell Center for Sustainability  
• Statistical Consulting Lab  
• Studies in English Literature 1500-1900  
• Team for Advanced Flow Simulation and Modeling  
• Texas Center for Crystallography 
•   The 21st Century Alliance
• Virtual Grid Application Development Software Project  
• W.M. Keck Center for Interdisciplinary Bioscience Training