Rice University

Continente:: North America
Country:: United States of America
Address:: Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
Web Site:: www.rice.edu

About Rice University:

William Marsh Rice University, commonly known as Rice University, is a private research university located on a 300-acre (121 ha) campus in Houston, Texas, United States. The university is situated near the Houston Museum District and is adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Opened in 1912 after the murder of its namesake William Marsh Rice, Rice is now a research university with an undergraduate focus. The university is organized into eleven residential colleges and eight schools of academic study, including the Wiess School of Natural Sciences, the George R. Brown School of Engineering, the School of Social Sciences, School of Architecture, Shepherd School of Music and the School of Humanities. Undergraduates select from more than fifty majors and two dozen minors, and have a high level of flexibility in pursuing multiple degree programs. Additional graduate programs are offered through the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business and the Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies.

World University Rankings

	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
World University Rankings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	219	246	253	230	253	272	305	300

By Fields

Field	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Agriculture	235	216	188	212	-	243	253	252	229	282	295	272	301-350	351-400	351-400	451-500	451-500
Engineering	58	57	63	48	39	55	56	79	97	108	102	58	89	75	101	58	61
Life Sciences	299	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	351-400	351-400	401-450	351-400	401-450	401-450	451-500	401-450
Medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	401-450	451-500	451-500	451-500	-	-	-	-
Natural Sciences	81	60	62	63	63	69	71	79	56	78	99	143	170	199	205	206	210
Social Sciences	246	237	232	171	176	204	236	231	248	282	266	282	301-350	301-350	301-350	351-400	401-450

By Subjects

Subject	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Agricultural Sciences	-	-	-	-	-	-	295	294	275	146	-	-	-	-
Biology & Biochemistry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	296	-	273	300	-
Chemistry	38	38	39	69	78	56	73	87	119	139	165	162	91	91
Chemical Engineering	202	266	217	250	256	283	299	-	251	235	-	301-350	129	127
Civil Engineering	53	72	72	98	104	122	160	160	136	126	237	231	114	56
Clinical Medicine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Computer Science	193	54	85	121	155	195	226	191	245	244	301-350	301-350	175	134
Economics & Business	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	121	171	-	181	239	280
Electrical Engineering	33	31	50	69	92	85	131	137	143	161	236	301-350	122	107
Environment / Ecology	149	165	182	199	183	182	212	216	208	248	-	233	297	272
Geosciences	143	160	162	177	203	172	193	212	226	250	-	248	266	291
Immunology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Materials Science	22	18	27	30	31	40	43	47	39	50	56	72	46	43
Mathematics	112	38	67	108	89	97	97	113	115	118	102	130	105	100
Mechanical Engineering	165	39	51	54	87	113	151	211	245	211	244	294	128	93
Microbiology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Molecular Biology & Genetics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Neuroscience & Behavior	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pharmacology & Toxicolog	-	184	217	204	169	202	210	297	301-350	301-350	301-350	401-450	401-450	451-500
Physics	49	44	67	52	54	52	61	69	89	118	129	135	168	162
Plant & Animal Science	248	216	253	247	276	263	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Psychiatry / Psychology	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Social Sciences, General	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	351-400	401-450	451-500	451-500	451-500	-
Space Science	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	215	226	-	266	289	289
Energy Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	121	121
Environmental Science & Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	277	-	149	114
Biomedical Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	96	96	-	144