Undergraduate Business Major

At the Virani Undergraduate School of Business, you'll gain a strong foundation in leadership and business essentials, from accounting and finance to marketing, strategy and communications. When you declare a major in business, you’ll also have the opportunity to specialize in either finance or management, diving deeper into advanced courses. Together, we will build a successful future in the dynamic world of business.

Who It's For

The business major was designed for highly qualified students who seek a well-rounded and in-depth foundation in business fundamentals that will enable them to be a leader in business and make an impact right out of their undergraduate studies. No matter what career path you choose, our business major will help take you there.
 

The Faculty

At Rice Business, you will learn from the same top notch faculty who teach our MBA programs. Our tight-knit community means that professors know your name and are open to work one-on-one with various research projects. Get to know our faculty who teach undergraduate business major courses here.

Concentrations Available

Finance Concentration

Our finance concentration will help you acquire knowledge, research and analytical skills to solve a broad array of corporate finance and investment problems, such as analyzing a company or an investment's performance and valuing real and financial assets. When you graduate, you will have developed the critical thinking and analytical skills required to apply theory to practice and learned to communicate effectively in the field of business. 

Management Concentration

Our management concentration will help you acquire the analytical skills to solve a broad array of management problems, such as devising and implementing a firm’s strategy, and those involving leadership, teamwork, negotiation and decision-making, and marketing strategy. When you graduate, you will have developed the critical thinking and analytical skills required to apply theory to practice and learned to communicate effectively in the field of business.

Have a Question?

We are excited to announce the business major. We will be adding more information in the coming days as it becomes available.

Prospective Students

If you're a prospective student with questions about admission to Rice University, the business major, business minor or entrepreneurship minor, please contact Rice admissions at:

(713) 348-7423
admission@rice.edu
https://admission.rice.edu/

We also encourage prospective students to request information.

Current Students 

If you're a current Rice student and you need help figuring out the right courses to take for the business minor or major, discussing academic plans overall, pathways to majors or information on selecting the business major, contact the Office of Academic Advising at:

713-348-4060
aadv@rice.edu
https://oaa.rice.edu

If you are a current Rice student with questions about course or program details or about declaring the business major or minor, please email us at business.major@rice.edu.

Learn outside the classroom

• Support the World’s Largest and Richest Business Plan Competition
• Assist professors with research
• Attend various lectures and conferences
• Prepare to become innovators and entrepreneurs at the Liu Idea Lab