Admissions| After Admission

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Moving to Houston

Explore housing options

• Visit graduate.rice.edu/housing.
• Learn about on-campus housing for graduate students.
• Discover off-campus housing options.
• Need help furnishing your apartment? Join the Graduate Student Loan Closet.

Apply Blogs about applying to grad school for Graduate Housing by the deadline (April 20)

• Rice University offers housing to full-time, currently enrolled Rice University graduate students and graduate students who have been accepted and will soon begin their enrollment.
• Rice Graduate Housing has three properties located near campus. Furnished apartments and townhomes are available in a variety of floor plans with internet and cable included. Each location also offers shuttle service to campus and local shopping.
• The Graduate Housing application is available online. Incoming first-year graduate students (including international students) are given the highest priority.

Orient yourself with Rice University and the community

• Learn your way around Rice Campus.
• Download the Rice iPhone App.
• Take a virtual campus tour!
• Familiarize yourself with the Rice Shuttle System or track the shuttles live at bus.rice.edu.
• Learn how to get around using metro. You can get a subsidized Metro Q card from the Cashier's Office! (click on the tab that says "Q cards for graduate students")

Apply Blogs about applying to grad school for a parking permit, if necessary

• Visit parking.rice.edu to learn about parking options on campus.
• Parking permits can be purchased in iO.
• Permits can be picked up after you arrive from the Parking Office.
• We strongly advise you to register for parking before orientation.