Rice University

Rice University, formally William Marsh Rice University, is a private research university in Houston, Texas, United States. It sits on a campus adjacent to the Houston Museum District and the Texas Medical Center.

Rice University comprises eight schools of academic study, 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.

Opened in 1912 as the Rice Institute after the murder of its namesake William Marsh Rice, Rice has a 6:1 student-faculty ratio. It 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, 12 Rhodes Scholars, 7 Churchill Scholars, and three Nobel laureates Provided by Wikipedia