UPDATED 11:30 AM 9/9/05

Emergency Program - Visiting Student Opportunities

We hope the information below will explain the opportunities Rice University plans to make available for Houston area Tulane University students displaced by Hurricane Katrina.  This site will be updated regularly. 

Other institutions are also stepping up. Please check with colleges and universities in your area. At this time, we believe the following institutions in Texas are also working on plans to assist.

Eligibility

Rice will accept into courses on a space-available basis students with pre-existing permanent residency in the Houston area who are enrolled as undergraduates for the fall semester at Tulane University. The Houston area is defined as residency in zip codes 77000 through 77599. This opportunity is not intended to serve students from other communities, and therefore students may not relocate to the Houston area for this program.

Course Availability

Courses will be offered on a space available basis to students in the program. Please note that acceptance into the "Emergency Program - Visiting Students" does not guarantee a full-time course load nor that courses will be available in your specific major.

Admission

Our deadline for submitting an application to the Emergency Program was 5:00 PM on Thursday, September 8.

Enrollment

Students will be notified of approval for emergency visiting student status no later than 9:00 P.M. Friday, September 9.  Emergency program students will have academic advising opportunities and campus orientation on Saturday, September 10 and will be allowed to start classes on Monday, September 12. Classes are already in session; students entering the program will be responsible for catching up to their classes that will be in the fourth week of the 15-week semester.  More information regarding start dates and advising will appear on the Rice website shortly.

Credits

Transcripts will be issued at the end of the fall semester.  As it is intended that these courses will be applied toward the completion of the Tulane degree, emergency program students will not be eligible to automatically enroll at Rice as degree-seeking students.

Charges - NEW INFORMATION

All Tulane visiting students will be initially charged Rice Freshmen tuition and fees. However, payment will not be due until October 14, 2005. During the interim period, Rice expects to receive information from Tulane regarding tuition payments already made and financial aid offered. The Rice charges to students will be adjusted by these amounts, and any net tuition and fees collected by Rice from Tulane Visiting Students at Rice will be remitted to Tulane.

Housing

Campus housing is completely full, so no housing will be offered.  The expectation is that this emergency program will serve students within commuting distance.