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Application Information
Rice MBA Programs:
- Learn more about the MBA application deadlines and requirements.
- The Full-Time MBA application is now OPEN for Fall 2025 admissions.
- The Professional MBA application is now OPEN for Fall 2025 admissions.
- The Hybrid MBA application is now OPEN for Fall 2025 admissions.
- The Executive MBA application is now OPEN for Fall 2025 admissions.
- The Deferred Enrollment MBA application is now OPEN for Fall 2027-2030 admissions.
Ph.D. Program (Accounting, Finance, Strategic Management, Operations Management, and Organizational Behavior):
- Learn more about the Ph.D. in Business application requirements.
- The Ph.D. application deadline for the areas of Accounting, Finance, Organizational Behavior and Strategic Management for Fall 2025 admissions has passed. We will begin accepting applications in August for Fall 2026 admissions.
Master of Accounting (MAcc):
- Learn more about the MAcc program and the application process.
Undergraduate Business Major and Minors:
- Learn more about the undergraduate business major. Rice University does not have a separate admissions process for the business major. Applicants interested in business should follow the general application requirements found here. Learn more about how to declare a major here.
- Learn about the undergraduate business minor and the entrepreneurship minor, open to any degree-seeking Rice undergraduate who meets enrollment requirements.
Financing Your MBA
When you're admitted, each program has options to make it more affordable. Rice Business is the 8th most affordable MBA in the top 25, according to Poets & Quants. In addition, an MBA from Rice Business is an investment that will pay dividends throughout your career.
School News
School Updates
Rice University has announced the launch of Rice Digital Learning and Strategy, a reimagined office aimed at expanding the university’s impact through innovative digital learning initiatives. Formerly known as Rice Online Learning, Rice Digital Learning and Strategy reflects the university’s expanded mission to integrate digital tools and strategies across all levels of education.
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Intero Biosystems — a life science company that has developed the first cell-derived human “mini gut” replicating cell types, spatial structure and function of the human intestine — took home the grand prize at the 2025 Rice Business Plan Competition.
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