You know business school is more than academics. Take the opportunity to learn and grow outside the classroom. You’ll discover skills and new strengths to transform yourself and achieve your goals.
Run the Show
Summits, conferences and competitions — we offer lots of opportunities to network and practice running the show.
Organizations place a premium on leaders who get the best performance out of people. And it grows increasingly important as you rise through the ranks. Our leadership coaching program prepares you to be more proficient at an essential component of effective leadership — the ability to develop individuals and teams.
Consulting for Credit
Earn course credit through hands-on experience with the Action Learning Project, a 13-week consulting elective. You and your team will tackle a company’s tough challenges with detailed and actionable recommendations. If you’re a professional student, you can take a Capstone course to overcome obstacles for community organizations, proposing major growth or expansion plans, turnaround strategies and business plans.
The Finance Center’s hands-on training acts as a complement to our finance, accounting, data analysis, and entrepreneurship courses. It is also home to the M.A. Wright Fund, where MBAs manage investment funds in equities and bonds.
Explore new industries and network with professionals. Industry Treks take you across the country to learn more about business areas you may want to pursue.
The Board Fellows program is a year-long experiential appointment that matches talented, energetic and committed Rice MBAs (that means you) with nonprofit boards in the Houston community.
Understanding how other cultures operate is essential in a global economy. The Global Field Experience is an adventurous, immersive opportunity that opens your mind and changes your perspective. Take what you learn in your classes and apply it to consulting and service projects abroad. Rice Business is committed to building strong, experienced global partners and leaders through the Global Field Experience. Join in.
Located in Washington, D.C., The Washington Campus (TWC) offers short intensive courses on public policy for current and future organizational leaders. You'll meet with lobbyists and government officials, and will learn essential business and leadership skills. All MBA students are eligible to participate.
Fund Fun
The Finance Center’s student-managed fund, the M.A. Wright Fund, provides hands-on experience — and its success supports Rice Business scholarships. The Wright Fund has consistently generated the highest return against other student-managed portfolios.
