创办时间：1891年
所在城市：美国得克萨斯州休斯顿市
学校性质：私立综合类研究型大学
学生总数：8800+（本科生4700+，研究生4100+）
师生比：1:6
优势学科：材料科学、化学工程、生物医学工程、计算机科学、电气工程、化学、物理学与天文学、建筑学、经济学、机械工程、环境与行星科学
The Rice Mission Statement 莱斯大学使命宣言
Rice University aspires to groundbreaking research and unsurpassed education for the betterment of our world. We fulfill this mission by cultivating curiosity to advance discovery, fostering connections to enhance collaboration, and empowering diverse leaders in an inclusive learning community that promotes excellence and student success through a culture of care.
莱斯大学致力于开创性研究与卓越教育，以推动世界进步。我们通过激发探索未知的好奇心、加强协作的联结力，以及在包容性学习社群中赋能多元领导者来实现这一使命——这里以关怀文化为基石，促进卓越学术与学生成功。
Rice Values 莱斯大学核心价值观
Rice faculty, staff and students share values that are essential to our success as a healthy community. Those values guide our decisions and behaviors and shape Rice’s culture. They come through in the way we treat each other and the welcome we extend to our visitors. These values can be recalled simply by our name — RICE — Responsibility, Integrity, Community and Excellence.
莱斯大学的教职员工与学生共同秉持确保社群健康发展的核心价值。这些价值观指引我们的决策与行为，塑造莱斯的独特文化，体现在彼此相待之道与对外访者的诚挚欢迎中。这些价值可简记为我们的校名——RICE：• 责任担当 • 正直守信 • 社群共融 • 追求卓越
Responsibility is something fundamental to a mission-driven academic community. We take responsibility for making Rice better, and also for our own happiness and success. We take responsibility for our actions and words, and understand how they may impact our friends and colleagues. We especially take responsibility for our mistakes. That way we can learn from them and even translate failure into success.
责任担当是使命驱动型学术社群的基石。我们为提升莱斯、也为自身的幸福与成功承担责任；对我们的言行负责，深知其如何影响同侪；尤其勇于承担过错，从而汲取教训，甚至化失败为成功。
Integrity is one of the strongest threads in Rice’s cultural fabric. In the classroom, office, lab, field of play, in our residential colleges and in our community engagement, we are guided by our commitment to honesty and doing what’s right. This value is embodied in the notion of Rice’s honor and our Honor Code. We accept nothing less than complete academic and research integrity.
正直守信是莱斯文化基因中最坚韧的脉络。在课堂、办公室、实验室、运动场、住宿学院及社群活动中，我们始终以诚实守信和行事端正为准则。这一价值体现在莱斯的荣誉观与《荣誉准则》中——我们坚决捍卫学术与研究领域的绝对诚信。
Our success as a community depends first and foremost on our respect for each other, and how we reflect that respect in our everyday interactions. That is especially important as we learn from and build friendships with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. The Rice community cares about each member. We hope that individual acts add up to the culture of caring that we espouse. Our shorthand way of expressing this to others in need of some assistance: HCIH — How can I help? As part of our values, we extend hospitality and help to every member of our community.
社群共融的成功首先源于彼此尊重，以及日常互动中对这份尊重的践行。当我们向不同背景与文化的人们学习并建立友谊时，这一点尤为重要。莱斯社群关怀每个成员，期望个体行动汇聚成我们所倡导的关怀文化。我们对需要帮助者的简写承诺是：HCIH——需要帮助吗？ 作为价值观的一部分，我们向所有成员伸出援手、传递善意。
Excellence for Rice, means that we are never satisfied with a good result, because we can always find ways to do even better. “When I arrived at Rice for the first time ... I was struck by the beauty of the campus and the quality of the education, research and community service it produced. But I was surrounded by people — trustees, alumni, faculty members, students, staff — who believed that Rice could be better. I am proud to be part of a community that constantly strives to become better.” — David Leebron
追求卓越意味着我们永不满足于既有成就，始终寻求精进之道。"初抵莱斯时…校园之美与其教育、研究及社群服务的卓越品质令我惊叹。但我身边的理事、校友、教职员工与学生皆相信莱斯能更进一步。我自豪于置身这个永不停滞、持续向上的社群。"——校长李达伟（David Leebron）