About Houston
Houston has a reputation for exploding growth, innovative change and free-spiritedness. Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and one of the most diverse. Rice University is situated between the largest medical center in the world and one of the best museum districts in the country. The city has an abundance of green space, plays host to many international festivals and events, and is home to 2 airports, making travel easy and convenient.
Often called the Bayou City and Space City, Houston is a center for the visual and performing arts, an international business hub and home to the second-busiest port in the United States. Our landscape is abundantly green, sprinkled with parks and traversed by many bayous and waterways. The centrally located Rice campus offers easy access to the exciting pulse of Houston! Got four minutes? Watch the video below to get a taste of what life in Houston is like!