to serve as the chief executive of the university. Reginald DesRoches was appointed president in 2022 and succeeded David W. Leebron, who served since 2004. The provost, three executive vice presidents, and seven vice presidents report to the president.
The university's academics are organized into several schools. The Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies has only graduate programs. Schools that have undergraduate and graduate programs include:
Rice University School of Architecture
George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing
School of Humanities
Shepherd School of Music
Wiess School of Natural Sciences
Rice University School of Social Sciences
Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management
Rice's undergraduate students are admitted from a centralized admissions process, which admits new students to the university as a whole, rather than a specific school (the schools of Music and Architecture are decentralized). Students are encouraged to select the major path that best suits their desires; …
