Graduate Admissions

How to Apply

All graduate student admission is administered by the academic departments. Application deadlines and requirements vary by department. To apply to a graduate program at Rice, first consult the program website for your area of interest. The links to the graduate admissions home page for each graduate degree offered in the natural sciences are included below.

The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies also provides general information about graduate student life, admissions and the application process.

Applied Physics

  • Master of Science (MS)*, Applied Physics
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Applied Physics

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

  • Master of Arts (MA), Biochemistry and Cell Biology
  • Master of Science (MS)*, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Chemistry

  • Master of Arts (MA)*, Chemistry
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemistry

Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences

  • Master of Science (MS), Earth Science
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Earth Science

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

  • Master of Arts (MA), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Master of Science (MS)*, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Mathematics

  • Master of Arts (MA)*, Mathematics
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics

Physics and Astronomy

  • Master of Science Teaching (MST)
  • Master of Science (MS)*, Physics
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics

Professional Master's in Natural Sciences

  • Master of Sciences in Applied Chemical Science (MSACS)
  • Master of Science in Bioscience and Health Policy (MSBHP)
  • Master of Science in Environmental Analysis (MSEA)
  • Master of Science in Space Studies (MSSpS)
  • Master of Science in Subsurface Geophysics (MSSG)

Systems, Synthetic and Physical Biology

  • Master of Science (MS)*, Systems, Synthetic and Physical Biology
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Systems, Synthetic and Physical Biology

* Students accepted into PhD program only; MA or MS may be earned by students as they work towards PhD.