Services & Rates Manual
INCOMING MAIL
USPS MAIL
The university uses a numeric mail stop system for sorting and delivering incoming mail. This system streamlines the sorting process and assists Delivery Services with managing an increasingly complicated mail delivery service.
Each department has a unique mail stop number to be used at the end of the department address line. To expedite the processing of incoming mail, please provide your mail stop number and 9-digit zip code when giving correspondents a university address.
To request new mail stop numbers or to relocate an existing mail stop delivery destination, notify the Delivery Services Assistant Manager at ext. 5826 or e-mail information to delivery@rice.edu Mail addressed to the street address is delayed in receipt by 1-3 days.
For faster receipt letters and packages sent through the United States Postal Services should use the following address format:
Individual Name
Department Name - MS#
Rice University
P O Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251-1892
If you are expecting an urgent or a time-sensitive item, please contact Delivery Services at ext. 5826 in advance to help us expedite your delivery.
COURIER SERVICES
Federal Express incoming and outgoing shipments are centrally managed by Delivery Services (see Federal Express section).
All other couriers are required to deliver to the individual departments. When you request services from direct delivery providers;
On-campus please include the department name, building and room location, at 6100 Main St, 77005.
Off-campus offices need to include their physical street address. Please include the recipient's name, department name, building and room number.
STUDENT MAIL AND COURIERS
Students receive delivery to unique street addresses for each college. Federal Express and all other couriers deliver to each street address. With the exception of the Rice Graduate Apartments, mail is sorted by staff in each location.
Student mail is to be addressed using the following addresses.
Johnny Student
Rice University
College Name
Street Address
Houston, TX 77005- (plus unique 4-digit zip code)
Undergraduate Students
Baker College, 6320 Main St, 77005-1891
Brown College, 9 Sunset Blvd, 77005-1898
Duncan College, 1601 Rice Blvd, 77005-4401
Hanszen College, 6350 Main St, 77005-1888
Jones College, 23 Sunset Blvd, 77005-1894
Lovett College, 6310 Main St, 77005-1893
Martel College, 99 Sunset Blvd., 77005-1858
McMurtry College, 1605 Rice Blvd, 77005-4401
Richardson College, 6360 Main St, 77005-1847
Wiess College, 6340 Main St, 77005-1889
Will Rice College, 6330 Main St, 77005-1890
Graduate Students
Rice Graduate Apartments, 1515 Bissonnet, (each student has a unique box number and 9-digit zip code starting with 77005-)
Rice Village Apartments, 2410 Shakespeare Streeet (each student has a unique box number and 9-digit zip code starting with 77005-)
WALL STREET JOURNALS
A Wall Street Journal courier comes to Delivery Services at 7:00 a.m. Monday-Friday. Papers are distributed to the mail stop numbers with the 9:00 a.m. delivery.
