Introduction
Enrollment Process for Rice Students
Enrollment Process for Non-Rice Students
Transfer Credit
Fees
Rice ID
Campus Map
Introduction
A number of inter-institutional graduate student enrollment agreements have been established enabling full-time graduate students from one institution to take graduate level courses at one of the other participating institutions. Students must be currently enrolled full-time at their home institution in order to participate, and the courses taken must be courses not offered at the graduate student’s home institution.
The institutions currently participating in inter-institutional agreements include Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston and the University of Houston.
Please Note: Due to the structure of the summer program at Rice University, this arrangement is not available to Non-Rice students during the summer terms.
This section details the procedures and required signatures necessary for a Rice student to register with Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston or the University of Houston.
Enrollment Process for Rice Students Registering for a Course at Baylor College of Medicine
Complete the Inter-Institutional Graduate Program Registration Form 
. The form should be obtained from the Office of the Registrar at Rice University.
- Obtain the approval signature of your academic advisor.
- Submit the Inter-Institutional Graduate Program Registration Form
to the Rice University Office of the Registrar for full-time enrollment and residency verification.
- Obtain the signature of your department chairperson at Rice University.
- Obtain permission from the instructor of record at Baylor College of Medicine.
- Submit the completed Inter-Institutional Graduate Program Registration Form
to the Office of the Registrar at Baylor College of Medicine, N204, Alkek Building.
Complete the Inter-Institutional Graduate Program Registration Form 
. The form should be obtained from the Office of the Registrar at Rice University.
Complete the Inter-Institutional Graduate Program Registration Form 
. The form should be obtained from the Office of the Registrar at Rice University.
- Obtain the approval signature of your academic advisor.
- Submit the Inter-Institutional Graduate Program Registration Form
to the Rice University Office of the Registrar for full-time enrollment and residency verification.
- Obtain signature of your department chairperson at Rice University.
- Obtain permission from the instructor of record at the University of Houston.
- Submit the completed Inter-Institutional Graduate Program Registration Form
to the Office of the Dean of Graduate & Professional Studies at University of Houston, 501 Ezekiel Cullen Building to secure permission of Dean Marco J. Mariotto for enrollment through the Inter-Institutional Graduate Program.
Complete the Graduate Texas Common Application for the University of Houston on-line at www.applytexas.org
. You will not be required to pay the application fee.
- After the graduate application has been completed online please send an email notification to the Inter-Institutional coordinator at residency@uh.edu for acceptance and clean-up of student record.
- The University of Houston Inter-Institutional coordinator will send an email requesting you to enroll in the graduate course(s) online at www.stu.uh.edu
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- After you have successfully registered online please send an email to the Inter-Institutional coordinator at residency@uh.edu so that a tuition waiver form can be completed. It will take ten business days for the fee to clear.
Enrollment Process for Non-Rice Students
This section details the procedures and required signatures necessary for a student attending Baylor College of Medicine, University of Houston, or the University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston to participate in the Inter-Institutional program with Rice University.
Complete an Inter-Institutional Graduate Program Registration Form. The form should be obtained from the Office of the Registrar of your home institution.
- Obtain the approval signature of your academic advisor at your home institution.
- Submit the form to the Office of the Registrar at your home institution for full-time enrollment and residency verification.
- Obtain the signature of your department chairperson at your home institution.
- Obtain permission of the instructor of record at Rice University.
- Submit the completed Inter-Institutional Graduate Program Registration Form to the Office of the Registrar at Rice University.
- Complete the Visiting Student Information Form
– obtained from the Office of the Registrar at Rice University
*International students should visit the Office of International Students and Scholars located in Lovett Hall, Entrance A, Second Floor. You must bring your passport, immigration documents, I-94 arrival/departure card, and Check-In Sheet 
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Please Note: Due to the structure of the summer program at Rice University, this arrangement is not available to Non-Rice students during the summer terms.
Transfer Credit
For Non-Rice Students
- Two weeks after the close of a semester and the submission of final grades, the Rice University Office of the Registrar will forward an official academic transcript to the student’s home university.
For Rice Students
- The host university should automatically send an official transcript to the Rice University Office of the Registrar – however, it is the student’s responsibility to ensure that the transcript is received.
- The Rice University Transfer Credit Specialist will apply TRAN credit toward the student’s record after receipt of the official transcript from the host university.
- TRAN credit is applied due to the fact that courses taken through Inter-Institutional agreements have no equivalent at Rice University
- No grade is entered and these courses have no effect on a Rice student's grade point average.
Fees
Fees are paid at your home university. Please contact the Cashier’s Office at your home institution for additional information.
Rice ID
A Rice ID card may be obtained from the Rice University Police Department located inside Entrance # 8 (2000 block of University Boulevard at Stockton).
Campus Map
A map of the Rice University campus is available on the web at http://www.rice.edu/maps/maps.html
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