University of Washington Honors Program
The Honors Program collaborates across the university in order to provide a comprehensive Honors experience within all disciplines. We assist and encourage students to find ways to enrich their education and create an experience that facilitates their long-term goals.
Honors students benefit from unique opportunities such as:
Academic
- Small, engaging Interdisciplinary Honors classes teach new ways of thinking & learning
- Reflection to promote deliberate educational choices
- Engagement in international study, community service, leadership and research
- Close contact with professors & community scholars
- Unique Honors Study Abroad opportunities
- Honors degree noted on the transcript and diploma
Support
- Honors advisers provide personalized and comprehensive advising from orientation to graduation
- Honors Student Leaders – current Honors students available for support and advice
- Honors scholarships for incoming and continuing students
- Access to the Honors suite in Mary Gates Hall for classes, advising and studying
Community
- Engaged peers with a variety of perspectives/interests
- Honors 100 – small cohorts during the first quarter, academic planning support
- Social, cultural/arts, and academic events with students, professors, and alums throughout the year
- Follow our student-run Instagram
@UWHonorsProgram - Experiential learning resources
- Honors Living Learning Community (LLC) in the residence halls
To learn more details about any of these opportunities, feel free to contact the Honors Program.