Welcome to the Philosophy Department at Rice University. We are committed to excellence in research and teaching. Among our research strengths are ethics (especially applied ethics), social and political philosophy, the history of philosophy and core analytic areas (especially philosophy of mind). Our teaching is intended to prepare doctoral students for careers, and to provide both undergraduate majors and students from other disciplines with philosophical knowledge and skills. Further information is available from the following links for current graduate students , prospective graduate students , majors and other interested students . If you have questions that are not answered on this website, you can contact us here.