Rice Engineering and Computing inHouston
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LIFE, RESEARCH, CAREERS AND MORE
Rice Engineering and Computing in Houston
Industry, innovation and culture thrive in Rice University's home of Houston.
Rice University's location in the city of Houston helps provide faculty and students with endless opportunities for collaboration outside campus. Houston is the center of the energy industry, the home of the largest medical complex in the world, and NASA’s Johnson Space Center is just down the road.
As the nation’s fourth largest and most culturally diverse city, Houston delivers rich opportunities for Rice faculty and students — research, collaboration, outreach and careers, as well as convenient off-campus excursions. From the Museum District to the Houston Zoo, from the city's five professional sports teams to its vibrant art and food scene, there’s plenty to see and do beyond the Rice campus hedges.
The Houston Experience
### Rice, NASA Extend Space Act Agreement
### Alumni | Rice Statistics alumna analyzes data, communicates its story at MD Anderson
### Diversity | President DesRoches speaks on STEM, diversity at Axios Local
### Energy | Woodside provides $12.5M to support Rice-led project to advance decarbonization
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Watch to see why we are proud to call Houston the home of Rice University.
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Engineering & Medicine
Located across the street from Rice's campus, the Texas Medical Center — the largest medical center in the world — is at the forefront of advancing life sciences. It is home to the brightest minds in medicine and collaborates with the university on numerous biomedical innovations.
Energy Capital of the World
As the Energy Capital of the World, Houston is the headquarters and the intellectual capital for virtually every segment of the energy industry and employs nearly a third of the nation's jobs in oil and gas extraction. Rice Engineering seeks to help lead Houston in its energy transition.
## Aerospace Engineering & NASA
Rice University has been collaborating with NASA since 1959 with the School of Engineering contributing to space technology through research, partnerships and student programs in aerospace engineering.