Rice University adopts small class system for teaching. The campus is small, but beautiful and harmonious. The interaction between teachers and students is good and full of vitality. Its excellent academic standards can often be seen in the national university rankings. Among many departments, physics, English, history and archaeology are very popular with students. The admission rate of engineering and pre-medical courses is extremely low and the competition is fierce. There are at most two undergraduate applicants in Chinese mainland every year who can be directly admitted to the undergraduate engineering college, and the admission rate is extremely low.
Among the students studying at Rice University, science and engineering are still the majority. Campus life is very relaxed and natural, but the academic pressure is great. It ranks among the best in the annual list of "most stressed college students", but it is not surprising that it is a top university famous for science and engineering. Because it is close to Houston, there is almost no shortage of leisure activities, such as jazz clubs, art museums, natural science museums, or going to the beaches in the Gulf of Mexico, which takes only 45 minutes by car.
Rice University, located in Houston, Texas, is famous for its engineering department. It not only ranks among the top 20 best universities in U.S. News and World Report, but also tops the list of the most cost-effective universities in Money magazine. At a time when the tuition fees of American universities are increasing at a rate higher than the inflation rate every year, and parents and students are complaining, this powerful university in the southern United States really has great attraction. 1, small scale: undergraduate 3279, graduate 2277.
2. Fierce competition: 20 14 freshmen admission rate 15%.
3. Rich resources: the teacher-student ratio is 65,438 +0: 5, and the average donation amount of each student in the school is 6,865,438 US dollars+0,034 US dollars.
4. residential college: Building an intimate and diverse community.
5. Cooperative atmosphere: interdisciplinary education, combining teaching with scientific research, and combining undergraduate education with postgraduate education. Rice University's low fees are unique among American universities. When the tuition fees of American private universities were basically in the early 40 thousand, the tuition fees of Rice University were only over 30 thousand. In addition, it also provides grants and scholarships to all undergraduates in need, ranging from $750 to half of the tuition fees, with no other purpose but to attract outstanding high school graduates from less affluent families. In addition, Rice University Rice University offers a wide variety of 265,438+03 sports scholarships, 60 of which are specially set up for girls.
Rice University is definitely "good quality and low price, value for money." Its excellent academic level is reflected in the data listed in the national university rankings: in the USNEWS ranking of American comprehensive universities of 20 10, Rice University ranks17; In the Princeton ranking of 20 10, Rice University ranks first in the evaluation of the quality of life of American universities. Its undergraduate admission rate in 2009 was 22%, and it was rated as one of the schools with the lowest admission rate. Among its students, 72% are in the top 5% of high school students. Rice students scored 700-790 points in reading, 720-800 points in mathematics and 700-790 points in writing (this concept means that 25% of students who study well and 25% of students who study poorly are not included in the calculation), which is enough to compete with famous universities such as Harvard, Stanford and Yale. Rice University was listed as one of the 25 "New Ivy League" universities in the United States in 2006.
Rice University is very small. In 2009, there were only 3,279 undergraduates and 2,277 postgraduates. However, some alumni donated as much as $65.438+25 million! This is one of the reasons why it can provide cheap education.
Rice University is famous as an engineering school, but it devotes itself to comprehensive education for undergraduates and preparatory education for junior college students. Just "excellent engineering schools" is no longer suitable for it. The architecture department of Rice University is one of the best in the United States, and the departments of physics, English, history and archaeology are also very popular among students. Needless to say, the engineering department and pre-medical college are the most competitive in the whole school. Its Department of Space Physics has close ties with NASA and has several similar research projects. Former US President Kennedy gave a speech on the moon landing project at Rice University.
Rice University encourages students to choose double majors or even three majors, and often the seemingly unrelated fields of "economy" and "art history" are matched. Most non-engineering students such as social science, humanities and nature will choose double majors.
Rice's students are full of praise for the professor, saying that the professor is really interested in teaching and students, and there is no shelf at all. They can often be seen in student gatherings, dinners and sports activities. Rice University, founded in 1892, has always been famous for its engineering. Rice University was once as famous as the other two universities, Duke University in North Carolina and University of Virginia in Virginia, and was known as Harvard in the South.
Some people say that Rice University really has all the characteristics of a "good university". /kloc-More than 0/00 years ago, william marshal Rice, a Texas cotton tycoon, founded his school, and he took Princeton University as an academic model. In the dormitory management system, imitate the "residential college system" of Oxford University in England; In terms of architectural style, many students said that the towering oak trees, stone paths and Spanish-style Mediterranean houses on campus reminded them of Stanford University. In terms of price, Rice University is more like an ordinary public university in the United States.
Rice University was founded with the aim of "educating young people in Texas and Houston", but today, 52% of the students on campus come from other States in the United States. 28% of the students are ethnic minorities, 9% are international students, and almost all the freshmen graduated from public high schools.
On the issue of political inclination, students claim that this is a very open university by Texas standards, but it is much more conservative than the national university campus. Most students think that the political atmosphere on campus is not strong. However, in the last governor election, most students did not hesitate to support * * * and the party candidate George W. Bush. He also emerged in the subsequent US presidential election and became an outstanding American president in the history of Rice University. Rice University has been famous for engineering, management, science, art and anthropology for many years, especially the engineering department. It is devoted to the comprehensive education of undergraduates and the preparatory education of junior college students. Not only the physics department is very good, but also the English department, history department and archaeology department are very popular with students. The admission rate of engineering department and pre-medical college (8-year honorary double degree) is extremely low, with only 15 students every year, which is the most competitive in the whole school. The Department of Architecture of Rice University is one of the best in the United States, while the Department of Space Physics is closely related to NASA University and has several common research projects. The school also has scientific research institutions such as Brookhaven National Laboratory, Alahiber Observatory, Nmp Spectroscopy Laboratory, Physiology and Medical Engineering Laboratory, Fermi National Laboratory, and graduate schools such as Engineering College, Management College, Architecture College, Humanities College, Social College and Natural Science College.
There are dozens of disciplines in Rice University, covering a wide range of fields. Most of them have strong scientific research and teaching strength, and can be awarded master's and doctoral degrees. Some disciplines have great influence. Teaching adopts small class system, professors attach importance to students, there is no shelf, and the interaction between teachers and students is good and full of vitality. Its academic level is excellent in American universities. In particular, two teachers in this school won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their outstanding research in the field of nanotechnology from 65438 to 0996. According to the statistics in 2008, there are 17 academicians of the American Academy of Engineering and 7 academicians of the American Academy of Sciences in the teaching staff.
Rice University encourages students to choose double majors or even three majors, and often the seemingly unrelated fields of "Electronic Engineering" and "Art History" are matched. Nearly 35% of students study more than one major. However, students studying science and engineering at school still account for the majority. Undergraduate course: four years (5 years in architecture department)
Postgraduates: Most of them need 3-4 semesters, some majors need longer time, and the shortest one needs one semester.
Rice University is divided into spring and autumn, and a school year is divided into two semesters accordingly. The first semester is August to 65438+February, the second semester is 65438+ 10 to May, and June-July is the summer vacation. During the summer vacation, the school opened a variety of training courses, including summer camps for high school students; There are training courses for senior high school teachers; There are academic intensive classes for college students, 65% of which are from our school; There are also various intensive English classes.
In terms of extracurricular activities, organizations such as fraternity and sorority have been banned because Mr. Rice disapproves of too many "elite tendencies" on campus. The social center of students is 1 1 residential college on campus. There are about 225 students in each college. Students are closely related and have a strong sense of identity with their college.
Dormitories are generally good, big and modern. However, because there is not enough housing, the school uses lottery to decide who to allocate housing to. Every year, 25% students solve their own accommodation problems in cheaper areas outside the school. However, transfer students to campus accommodation is preferred.
It seems that the entertainment activities of Les students are one after another. Throughout the year, there are countless grand formal dances. The location of Les Campus is ideal, and Houston is close at hand. It is a good place for students who want to enjoy nightlife. There are lively jazz clubs, various art museums, natural science museums and parks. There is a subway at the school gate, and we students can go to the cashier to get the subway "Q card" for free. The school has a school bus from campus to Target every Saturday, which is convenient for students to shop. It's only a 45-minute drive from the picturesque beaches of the Gulf of Mexico.
Major: Dozens of majors in the school cover a wide range of scientific fields, with science and engineering as the most distinctive subjects, such as space science, astronomy, computer science, physics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, environmental engineering, material science and statistics.