Programs with STEM OPT Designation

Please refer to the Department of Homeland Security STEM Designated Degree Program List as the official guidance should there be any question on the below list. You can also refer to the Rice University General Announcements to confirm Program Codes related to this list. All of the below Rice programs' CIP codes determine them to be eligible for the STEM OPT extension.

 

CIP Code Degree Name Program Name School
04.0902 MARCH Architecture Architecture
14.0201, 40.0899 MS, Ph.D. Applied Physics Interdisciplinary
30.0101 MS, PH.D. Systems, Synthetic  & Physical Biology Interdisciplinary
14.0501 MBE, MBE GMI, M.S., Ph.D. Bioengineering Engineering
14.0701 MCHE, MS, Ph.D. Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Engineering
14.0801 MCEE, MS, Ph.D. Civil Engineering Engineering
14.1404 MCEE, MS, Ph.D. Environmental Engineering Engineering
27.0304 MCAAM, MA, Ph.D. Computational Applied Math & Operations Research Engineering
30.3001 MCSE Computational Science & Engineering Engineering
11.0101 MCS, MS, Ph.D. Computer Science Engineering
30.7001 MDS Data Science Engineering
14.4701 MECE, MS, Ph.D. Electrical & Computer Engineering Engineering
14.3701 MIE Industrial Engineering Engineering
15.1601 MMSNE, MS, Ph.D. Materials Science & NanoEngineering Engineering
14.1901 MME, MS, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Engineering
15.1501 MEML Engineering Management and Leadership Engineering
27.0501 MSTAT, MA, Ph.D. Statistics Engineering
52.1399 MACC Accounting Business
52.1399 MBA Executive, Full-Time, Hybrid,
Professional Full-Time MBA		 Business
41.0301 MSACS Applied Chemical Sciences Natural Sciences
30.0601 MBSHP Bioscience and Health Policy Natural Sciences
26.0202 MS, Ph.D. Biochemistry and Cell Biology Natural Sciences
26.1310 MS, Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Natural Sciences
40.0501 MA, Ph.D. Chemistry Natural Sciences
40.0601 MS, Ph.D. Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences Natural Sciences
40.0601 MSEG Energy Geoscience Natural Sciences
03.0103 MSEA Environmental Analysis Natural Sciences
27.0101 MA, Ph.D. Mathematics Natural Sciences
40.0801 MS, Ph.D. Physics & Astronomy Natural Sciences
14.0201 MSSPS Space Studies Natural Sciences
45.0603, 27.0305 MA, Ph.D. Economics Social Sciences
45.0603 MEECON Energy Economics Social Sciences
30.3101 MHCIHF Human-Computer Interaction Social Sciences
42.2804 MIOP Industrial-Organizational Psychology Social Sciences
42.2706, 30.1001,
11.0105, 42.2804,
42.2208		 Ph.D. Psychological Sciences, PCAN, PHBM,
PHCI, PIOP, PPQP		 Social Sciences
30.0601 MSPE Social Policy Evaluation Social Sciences

 

Last updated July 2024.