A Vision for Rice University’s Second Century

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to pathbreaking research, unsurpassed teaching and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this mission by cultivating a diverse community of learning and discovery that produces leaders across the spectrum of human endeavor.

The university must take the following steps in furtherance of this mission:

• Increase our commitment to our research mission and raise our research and scholarship profile
• Provide a holistic undergraduate experience that equips our students to make a distinctive impact in the world
• Strengthen our graduate and postdoctoral programs
• Aggressively foster collaborative relationships with other institutions
• Invest in interdisciplinary endeavors that leverage our strengths as well as the strengths of our collaborators
• Continue to invest in our professional schools and the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
• Increase the size of the university to realize more fully our ambition as an institution of national and international distinction
• Become an international university, with a significant orientation toward Asia and Latin America
• Provide the spaces and facilities that will cultivate greater dynamism and vibrancy on the campus
• Fully engage in a successful partnership with our home city of Houston

The complete Vision for Rice University’s Second Century can be found at www.rice.edu/vision.