This question came up recently and it made me realize there is no list of department codes, so I made one. The first three digits of every org code represent the department code.
Click here Departments-1ke6rln to download the list shown below.
| ORGN | TITLE |
| 010 | Development & Alumni Relations |
| 015 | Development Services |
| 041 | Development |
| 057 | Alumni Relations |
| 101 | President’s Office |
| 113 | School of Architecture |
| 120 | Public Affairs |
| 130 | Kinder Institute for Urban Research |
| 143 | Baker Institute |
| 153 | Jones Graduate School of Business |
| 158 | Glasscock School Continuing Studies |
| 160 | Centrally supported commitments |
| 165 | General and Administrative |
| 166 | Athletics |
| 167 | Recreation Center |
| 169 | R Association |
| 191 | Athletics Tuition Waivers |
| 202 | Provost |
| 203 | Moody Center for the Arts |
| 204 | Doerr Institute for New Leaders |
| 205 | OpenStax |
| 206 | Rice Online |
| 207 | University Seed Grants |
| 208 | Quality Enhancement Plan |
| 211 | Office of Enrollment |
| 212 | Office of Admissions |
| 213 | Office of Financial Aid |
| 214 | Financial Aid/Merit Based |
| 216 | Enrollment Management Operation Ctr |
| 227 | Shepherd School of Music |
| 231 | Telecommunications |
| 233 | Naval Science |
| 234 | Library |
| 236 | Strategic Partnerships |
| 237 | VP for Translational Bioscience |
| 239 | Office of Research |
| 241 | Energy & Environment Sys Institute |
| 243 | Networking Telecommunications Ops |
| 245 | Sponsored Research |
| 246 | Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies |
| 248 | IT Administration Planning & Finance |
| 250 | IT Campus Services |
| 260 | IT Sys Eng & Communications Infrastructure |
| 270 | IT Security |
| 271 | IT Admin & Enterprise Systems & Svcs |
| 272 | VP Information Tech Chief Info Ofc |
| 273 | IT Center for Research Computing |
| 274 | IT Learning Environments |
| 275 | IT Enterprise Applications |
| 276 | IT Data Whse & Bus Intelligence Tech |
| 303 | School of Humanities |
| 304 | Journal of Feminist Economics Dept |
| 321 | English |
| 324 | History |
| 325 | Jefferson Davis Project (now closed) |
| 328 | Philosophy |
| 347 | Education |
| 349 | Religion |
| 350 | Jewish Studies |
| 363 | Art History |
| 365 | Rice Gallery (now part of Moody Center) |
| 372 | Spanish Portuguese Latin American |
| 375 | Classical and European Studies |
| 379 | Linguistics |
| 396 | Ctrr Languages & Intercultural Com |
| 398 | Visual and Dramatic Arts |
| 399 | Humanities Research Center |
| 408 | Wiess School of Natural Sciences |
| 414 | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (now part of BioSciences) |
| 416 | Chemistry |
| 423 | Earch Environmnt Planetary Sci |
| 425 | Mathematics |
| 429 | Physics and Astronomy |
| 454 | BioSciences at Rice |
| 462 | Biochemistry & Cell Biology (now part of BioSciences) |
| 470 | Department of Kinesiology |
| 489 | RE Smalley Inst Nanoscale Sci & Tec |
| 504 | Dean of Undergraduates |
| 505 | College Magisters |
| 509 | KTRU |
| 511 | Civic Leadership |
| 516 | Center for Teaching Excellence |
| 535 | Rice University Bands |
| 536 | Student Health Services |
| 542 | Willy’s and Valhalla |
| 545 | Student Activities |
| 548 | Student and Recreation Centers |
| 577 | Center for Career Development |
| 592 | Student Judicial Programs |
| 593 | Associate Dean for Undergraduates |
| 594 | Student Wellbeing Office |
| 599 | Multicultural Affairs |
| 606 | Police Department |
| 615 | Office of the Registrar |
| 649 | Housing and Dining |
| 650 | Residential Colleges |
| 651 | College Food Service |
| 653 | Fast Break |
| 654 | Graduate Apartments Dept |
| 656 | Faculty Club |
| 657 | Morningside Square Apartments |
| 658 | Rice Village Apartments |
| 659 | Administration |
| 661 | Vending |
| 662 | Assoc Vice Pres Administration |
| 663 | Rice Book Store |
| 664 | Project Management Dept |
| 665 | Transportation & Parking Auxiliary |
| 667 | Delivery Services |
| 670 | Administrative Systems |
| 680 | FE&P Administration |
| 681 | FE&P Planning & Maintenance |
| 682 | FE&P Operations |
| 683 | FE&P Custodial & Grounds |
| 687 | FE&P Materials Support Shop |
| 688 | FE&P Engineering |
| 692 | Environmental Health & Safety |
| 695 | Controller’s Office |
| 698 | Controller’s Office Special Orgns |
| 711 | Brown School of Engineering |
| 715 | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
| 720 | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| 722 | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| 726 | Mechanical Engineering |
| 732 | Materials Science & Nanoengineering |
| 739 | Computer Science |
| 776 | Comp & Applied Mathematics |
| 778 | Bioengineering |
| 790 | Statistics |
| 791 | Energy & Environmental Systems Inst |
| 792 | Center for High Perform. Software |
| 818 | School of Social Sciences |
| 819 | Economics |
| 823 | Linguistics |
| 831 | Anthropology |
| 846 | Psychology |
| 850 | Sport Management |
| 868 | Ctr on Race Religion & Urban Life |
| 869 | Sociology |
| 874 | Political Science |
| 875 | Center for the Study of Conflict |
| 882 | Neuroscience |
| 909 | V P for Investments/Treasurer |
| 994 | Rice Trust Inc. |
| 997 | Life Income and Annuity Funds |
| 998 | Endowment Funds |