Institutes and Research Centers

Rice University is home to more than 40 interdisciplinary research centers, institutes, and consortia, offering increased research opportunities, new facilities, and internship possibilities for undergraduates.

These institutes also bring leaders to campus—world leaders, national leaders, and leaders of academic disciplines. Not only do our students have the opportunity to meet some of the finest minds in the world, but they also share the excitement and pride these institutes create.

Interdisciplinary Centers and Institutes

Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance

Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology

Center for Chemical Processing Technology

Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems

Center for Computational Geophysics

Center for Excellence and Equity in Education

Center for Multimedia Communication

Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning 

Center for the Study of Languages

Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Computer and Information Technology Institute

Energy and Environmental Systems Institute 

Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering

James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy

Humanities Research Center

Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship

Rice Center for Organizational Effectiveness Studies

Rice Quantum Institute

Rice Space Institute 

Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology

Shell Center for Sustainability

Centers, Institutes, and Journals

Center for Education

Center for Excellence in Tissue Engineering

Center for High Performance Software Research

Center for the History of Leadership Institutions

Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy

Center on the Management of Information Technology

Cox Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering

Hazardous Substance Research Center/South and Southwest

Journal of Feminist Economics

Journal of Southern History

The Papers of Jefferson Davis

Rice Advanced Visualization Lab

Rice Design Alliance

Rice Media Center

Scientia

Studies in English Literature 1500–1900

Team for Advanced Flow Simulation and Modeling 

Consortia Administered by Rice

Connexions

Gulf Coast Consortium for Bioinformatics

International Consortium for Environmental and Nanotechnology Research

John S. Dunn, Sr. Gulf Coast Consortium for Magnetic Resonance

The Rice Inversion Project

W.M. Keck Center for Computational Biology