<p>Well that’s one of the major differences with Rice. Whether one wants to do an internship/research in any field during the year, he will have the opportunity to do not just with the faculty, but with outside institutions as the school is across the street from the medical complex and MD Anderson Cancer Center, it is located in the museum row, Houston has a large arts community that ranges from ballet to theaters, it is the world capital of energy, has the second largest concentration of Fortune 400 headquarters, and has the Baker Institute, one the biggest policy institutes, and of course NASA, and it is very close to the sea for maritime research.</p>