Rice University

William Marsh Rice University, also called Rice University, is a private university in Houston, Texas. Rice was started in 1912. It is ranked one of the best universities in the world, especially for undergraduate education.^[7] Rice is named after the Houston businessman William Marsh Rice who provided the money in his will to begin the university.

Rice University

William Marsh Rice University
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Former names	William M. Rice Institute for the Advancement of Literature, Science and Art (1912-1960)[1]
Motto	Letters, Science, Art
Type	Private
Established	1912
Endowment	$4.45 billion (as of 2012)[2]
President	David W. Leebron
Provost	George McLendon
Academic staff	650 full time[3]
Students	5,760[4] (fall 2010)
Undergraduates	3,485[4] (fall 2010)
Postgraduates	2,275[4] (fall 2010)
Location	Houston , Texas , US
Campus	Urban, 295 acres (1.19 km2)[5][6]
Newspaper	Rice Thresher
Colors	Blue & Grey
Nickname	Owls
Affiliations	AAU
Mascot	Sammy the Owl
Website	rice.edu

Rice is organized into eleven residential colleges and eight schools of study, for natural sciences, engineering, humanities, business, architecture, and music.^[8] The students at Rice abide by an honor code that is strictly enforced.^[9]