For the sixth year in a row, we’ve claimed the No. 1 spot in the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine's list of top schools for graduate entrepreneurship programs. We’re proud to keep leading the way in building the next generation of business leaders and innovators.
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When on campus, Rice introduced me to alumni, benefactors, and others who shared my professional goals and had gone the path I wanted to go. I knew right then that Rice was dedicated to creating a custom experience that would shape my future.
Full-Time MBA
There is more to an MBA besides the classes and grades. The events, information sessions, associations, workshops and everything in between will further enhance one's professional development and overall wellbeing.
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One of the things the MBA program has given me is confidence — the feeling that there’s nothing I can’t explore.
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We’re excited to announce the naming of the undergraduate business programs, thanks to a generous gift from Houston leaders Farid and Asha Virani. This historic contribution will support the continued growth of our undergraduate business community through curricular and co-curricular advancement and a new associate dean position. Let’s celebrate this milestone!
Owl Have You Know is Rice Business’ podcast created to share the experiences of alumni, faculty, students and other members of our business community – real stories of belonging, failing, rebounding and, ultimately, succeeding.
Season 4, Episode 29
How do you take a business from bankruptcy to an $18 billion acquisition? Dan, CEO of SRS Distribution, shares the journey that led to Home Depot’s acquisition of SRS — one that turned many of his frontline employees into millionaires.
Season 4, Episode 28
Double the expertise, double the fun! Join us for an episode with Rice Business power couple Lee Ann and Alex Butler as they share their journeys in academia and life together.
Season 4, Episode 27
Shalini, a 2024 Executive MBA grad and executive director of Rice’s Synthetic Biology Institute, shares the revolutionary potential of synthetic biology and why blending science with business is key to innovation.
Rice Business Wisdom features faculty research applied in the classroom.
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Whether you want to launch your own startup or shake up the company where you work, you’ll need to think like an entrepreneur. Rice Business gives every student the core skills and entrepreneurial mindset needed to adapt to a changing business world. That's why we're ranked the No. 1 graduate entrepreneurship program for the sixth year in a row.
Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business has taken the No. 1 spot in the Princeton Review and Entrepreneurship magazines’ rankings of top schools for graduate entrepreneurship programs for the sixth year running.
Rice University will recognize Owls who have served in the United States military, including the veterans among faculty, staff and students, at its 21st annual Veterans Day Ceremony at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 in Rice Memorial Chapel and Ray Courtyard. Kyle La Rue, copy center assistant from Rice Business, is this year’s honoree.
Following a “generous philanthropic gift” by Farid and Asha Virani, the undergraduate business program at Rice University will be named after the family.
