Overview
Located on a 300-acre forested campus in Houston, Rice University is consistently ranked among the nation's top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has highly respected schools of Architecture, Business, Continuing Studies, Engineering, Humanities, Music, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and is home to the Baker Institute for Public Policy. With 3,708 undergraduates and 2,374 graduate students, Rice's undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is 6-to-1. Its residential college system builds close-knit communities and lifelong friendships, just one reason why Rice has been ranked No. 1 for best quality of life multiple times by the Princeton Review and No. 2 for "best value" among private universities by Kiplinger's Personal Finance.
MOOCs
Rice University have partnered with Coursera and edX to deliver online courses to learners across the globe.
Learn new skills, pursue your interests or advance your career with these short online courses from Rice University:
Courses on Coursera
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Courses on edX
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Learn new skills, pursue your interests or advance your career with these short online courses from Rice University:
Courses on Coursera
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- Finance for Non-Finance Professionals
- Business Statistics and Analysis
- Engineering Project Management
- Introduction to Data Analysis Using Excel
- Fundamentals of Immunology
- Engineering Project Management: Initiating and Planning
- Introduction to Scripting in Python
- Fundamentals of Immunology: Innate Immunity and B-Cell Function
- Parallel, Concurrent, and Distributed Programming in Java
- Investment and Portfolio Management
- Fundamentals of Computing
- Python Programming Essentials
- An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1)
- Global Financial Markets and Instruments
- Spanish for Successful Communication in Healthcare Settings
- Parallel Programming in Java
- Basic Data Descriptors, Statistical Distributions, and Application to Business Decisions
- Leadership Development for Engineers
- Self Awareness and the Effective Leader
- Engineering Project Management: Scope, Time and Cost Management
Courses on edX
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- Mechanics, Part 2
- DNA: Biology’s Genetic Code
- Proteins: Biology's Workforce
- AP Physics 1
- Linear Algebra, Part 1
- Lab Safety: The Interactive Game of "Don’t Endanger the Owls"
- Introduction to Mechanics, Part 1
- Electricity & Magnetism, Part 2
- Electricity and Magnetism, Part 1
- Discrete Time Signals and Systems, Part 2: Frequency Domain
- Discrete Time Signals and Systems, Part 1: Time Domain
- Waves & Optics
- Preparing for the AP Calculus AB Exam – Part 1: Derivatives
- Preparing for the AP Calculus AB Exam – Part 2: Integrals
- AP® Biology - Part 1: The Cell
- AP® Biology - Part 3: Evolution and Diversity
- AP® Biology - Part 4: Ecology
- AP® Biology - Part 5: Review and Exam Preparation
- AP® Biology - Part 2: Genetics
- AP® Environmental Science - Part 1: The Living World
