Faculty

Rice has 611 full-time, 146 part-time and 250 adjunct faculty as of fall 2007. They teach and conduct research in Rice's eight academic schools:  Architecture, Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, George R. Brown School of Engineering, Humanities, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, The Shepherd School of Music, Wiess School of Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. Ninety-four percent of Rice's full-time faculty hold Ph.D.s or equivalent terminal degrees in their fields. 

The faculty of Rice University have distinguished themselves among their peers and are dedicated to both teaching and research.  Most notably, two Rice faculty received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996 for their pioneering research in the field of nanotechnology. As of March 2008, Rice had 17 faculty members in the National Academy of Engineering and seven faculty members in the National Academy of Sciences.