化学哲学博士

在获得化学领域的博士学位后，学生将：设计并进行独立且新颖的基于实验和/或理论/计算化学的研究，这些研究有助于该领域的现有知识体系。使用现代文献搜索方法查找，检索，阅读和解释当前的化学文献。表现出对化学的伦理，社会和环境影响的意识。通过口头和书面形式有效地与科学界和公众交流其工作结果。
The collaborative environment at Rice was critical to the development of nanotechnology, having facilitated the work of two Nobel laureates who discovered buckminsterfullerene. Rice's culture of collaboration has minimized barriers between research areas for decades. Chemistry faculty members hold appointments in four of the six departments in the School of Natural Sciences and in six departments in the School of Engineering. Rice chemists do not take a prescribed set of courses, but construct an individualized curriculum consisting of any six courses in any area of science or engineering. This flexibility to customize courses is ideal for chemists who want to branch out into other areas and for people who want to move into chemistry from another discipline.