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!!!!!!!Insert Title Here!!!!!. !!!!!!!!!!Speaker’s Name | Date!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Brief History. A private research university in Houston, Texas. William Marsh Rice devoted $4.6 million to establish Rice. Edgar Odell Lovett was the first President. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Brief HistoryA private research university in Houston, Texas.
William Marsh Rice devoted $4.6 million to establish Rice.
Edgar Odell Lovett was the first President.
Oct. 12, 1912: Rice Institute formally opened.
Oct. 12, 2012: Rice University celebrated its 100th anniversary.
First commencement in 1916
Rice CampusMore than 4,300 trees on 300 acres, designated ‘Tree Campus USA’
Neo-Byzantine architecture
Rice Neighborhood• Museum District• Texas Medical Center• Rice Village• Hermann Park• Light Rail
Aerial view of the Academic Quadrangle
Take a Tour of Rice University
HoustonNo.1 Coolest Cities to Live
by Forbes in July 2012
90+ languages spoken
30+ diplomatic missions
2 Airports: George Bush Intercontinental Airport & Hobby Airport
George Bush Intercontinental Airport
HoustonNo.1 U.S. City for Job Creation by Bureau of Statistics
No.2 Fastest Growing City
by Forbes
Energy capital of the world
24 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Houston
TMC - World’s largest Medical Center
Downtown Houston
Organization8 Schools• Architecture• Business• Continuing Studies• Engineering• Humanities • Music• Natural sciences• Social sciences
Consistently ranked among top 20 since 1998 according to U.S. News & World Report
Shepherd School of Music
FacultyNobel Prize winners Richard Smalley and Robert Curl
National Medal of Science winners: 2
National Academy of Sciences members: 7
National Academy of Engineering members: 13
Institute of Medicine members: 4
Prof. Naomi J. Halas, inventor of tunable nanoparticles
Research$100 million worth of sponsored research in 2013
Top 10 universities with the most impactful patent portfolio
• Baker Institute for Public Policy
• Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology
• BioScience Research Collaborative
• Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Student working in lab at BioScience Research Collaborative
Graduate StudiesApprox. 2,600 graduate students, 40% of Rice’s total student body
8 graduate programs at Rice ranked among top 20
Qualified doctoral students will receive full-tuition support, a value in excess of $37,000 per year and an additional stipend of $21,000-30,000 per year to cover living expenses.
Doctoral Hooding Ceremony in 2014
Grad AdmissionGeneral Graduate Admission Requirements• GPA ≥ 3.0• GRE/GMAT scores
Students whose native language is not English• TOEFL: ≥ 90 (iBT) / 600
(paper) / 250 (computer)
or• IELTS: ≥ 7.0
For other requirements, contact the appropriate department.
Faculty teaching graduate students
Student LifeGraduate Student Association (GSA)
Rice Graduate Apartments
Recreation & Wellness Center
Beer Bike Tradition
Professional Development Workshops
90 Second Thesis Competition
Picnic organized by GSA
Wellbeing IssuesSeveral offices on campus help students overcome difficulties and make the right choices.
• Academics• Stress• Depression• Adapting• Homesickness• Relationships• Sexuality• Etc.
Learn more about graduate studies
• Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies graduate.rice.edu
• International Students & Scholars oiss.rice.edu
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