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Rice University
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private university in Houston, Texas, USA
OverviewAI-generated
Rice University, also known as William Marsh Rice University, is an educational institution and funder located in Houston, United States. The organization maintains an active status and is legally recognized as WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY within the US-TX jurisdiction.
The university was established in 1912, with its official opening occurring on September 23, 1912. Although its inception is recorded as 1891, the institution currently employs 3,543 people and serves 7,956 students. Admission data indicates an acceptance rate of 0.11 and a yield rate of 0.39.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, ROR, GLEIF. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Former names
- William M. Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art (1912–1960)
- Motto
- Letters, Science, Art
- Type
- Private research university
- Established
- September 23, 1912 ; 113 years ago ( September 23, 1912 )
- Accreditation
- SACS
- Academic affiliations
- AAU COFHE NAICU ORAU URA space-grant
- Endowment
- $8.07 billion ( FY 2024)
- Budget
- $1.09 billion (FY2025)
- President
- Reginald DesRoches
- Academic staff
- 855 full-time (fall 2024)
- Administrative staff
- 2,152
- Students
- 8,880 (fall 2024)
- Undergraduates
- 4,776 (fall 2024)
- Postgraduates
- 4,104 (fall 2024)
- Campus
- Large city , 300 acres (120 ha)
- Newspaper
- The Rice Thresher
- Colors
- Blue and gray
- Nickname
- Owls
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1912
- Location
- Houston, United States
- Also known as
- William Marsh Rice University
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.21940.3e · ISNI 0000 0004 1936 8278
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- research university
- Named after
- William Marsh Rice
- Official name
- William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancment of Literature, Science and Art
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Houston
- Headquarters
- Houston
- Industry
- higher education
- Employees
- 3543
- Official website
- rice.edu
- Image
- Rice University - Sally Port.JPG
- Students count
- 7956
- Admission rate
- 0.11
- Motto
- Letters, Science, Art
Show 23 more facts
- Commons category
- Rice University
- topic's main category
- Category:Rice University
- inception
- 1891-00-00
- postal code
- 77005-1827
- Commons gallery
- Rice University
- category for alumni of educational institution
- Category:Rice University alumni
- category for employees of the organization
- Category:Rice University faculty
- affiliation
- Association of American Universities
- native label
- William Marsh Rice University
- street address
- 6100 S Main, Houston, TX, 77005-1827
- API endpoint URL
- idp.rice.edu/idp/shibboleth
- admission yield rate
- 0.39
- social media followers
- 41112
- date of official opening
- 1912-09-23
- language used
- English language
- total assets
- 8424555000
- endowment
- 8061259567
- academic calendar type
- semester
- P12674
- tortilla chip
- P12749
- Buguey
- ranking
- 141
- athletics program
- Rice Owls
- funder
- Open Society Foundations
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Encyclopedic overview
William Marsh Rice University, also known as Rice University, is a private research university in Houston, Texas, United States. Established in 1912, it spans 300 acres. The university consists of eight constituent schools in the fields of architecture, business, continuing studies, engineering, humanities, music, natural sciences, and social sciences.
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 called the Rice Owls.
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