You will follow a path around campus to visit the main academic & student center related buildings.
Lovett Hall
Sewall Hall
This building contains multiple classrooms and is the location for Rice’s Welcome Center.
Herzstein Hall
The classrooms in Herzstein are utilized by departments throughout the university. It houses one of the largest amphitheaters on campus, capable of seating 300 students.
Academic Quad
The Academic Quad is one of the oldest parts of campus, anchored by Lovett Hall, the first campus building.
Anderson Hall
Home to Rice’s architecture program which is one of the best professional programs in the country and frequently ranks in the top three in the nation for undergraduates.
Fondren Library
Fondren Library serves as the central study spot on campus. In addition to the 2.5 million volumes and 3 million microforms, the library has study rooms and a floor devoted entirely to a quiet study area.
Rayzor Hall
Housing 12 foreign language departments, the Chao Center for Asian Studies, as well as a state-of-the-art Language Resource Center, Rayzor Hall is one of the academic buildings that line the academic quad.
Humanities Building
This building is home to Rice’s School of Humanities, led by world-class faculty who offer programs in humanities. Multiple academic centers bring together faculty for interdisciplinary research, teaching and publications. This building was carefully constructed around an existing mature live oak tree, which now shades the courtyard at the base of the building’s Pitman Tower.
Brochstein Pavilion
A central gathering place for students and faculty, the building’s design was inspired by the 4,000-plus trees across campus. Stop inside to grab a coffee or sandwich.
Herring Hall
Students can utilize the resources of the Digital Media Center, located here, or take classes.
Rice Memorial Center
The RMC/Ley Student Center complex functions as the hub of student life. It is home to the Office of Academic Advising, which handles academic, study abroad, fellowships and career-oriented advising, Student Success Initiatives, and our student-run coffee shop.
McNair Hall
Home to the Jones Graduate School of business, which offers a business minor for undergraduate students.
Baker Hall
Named after former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, this building houses the Baker Institute, Economics and Policy Studies departments.
Kraft Hall
Kraft Hall is our newest home for the School of Social Sciences. With seven different departments and other programs for research, students practice experiential learning by venturing outside their classrooms to tackle society’s greatest challenges.
Alice Pratt Brown Hall
The School of Music is ranked among the top 10 undergraduate programs in the country, students at the Shepherd School regularly perform in concerts, operas and recitals. The facilities include a 1,000-seat concert hall, an opera studio, 45 practice rooms and two courtyards.
Brockman Hall for Opera
This new building houses the Lucian and Nancy Morrison Theater, a three-tiered, 600-seat, European-style theater with an orchestra pit for 70 musicians. It is the first theater with this particular configuration among U.S. universities and conservatories.
Gibbs Recreation and Wellness Center
This recreation center features basketball courts, racquetball courts, squash courts, a cardio room, weights, a dance studio, competition and recreation pools, and other ways for students to get active.
Anderson Biological Labs
Known to most on campus simply as "Bio," Anderson Biological Labs is the southernmost of three similar buildings (biology, geology and space science) all of which were designed by the same architects.
George R. Brown Hall
Home of the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Keck Hall
Keck Hall provides laboratory space and offices for faculty in the Department of Biosciences and the Department of Bioengineering. Under the steps of the chemistry lecture hall is the graduate student lounge, Valhalla.
Duncan Hall
Duncan Hall is one of the flagship buildings of the George R. Brown School of Engineering. Martel Hall is Duncan’s main open space that forms the heart of the building’s public space. Duncan Hall is most well known for its intricately painted ceiling - a feature you won't find in your average building.