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Upcoming Events

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Oct 14 4:00 pm

CLS Introduction and Panel with Alumni Workshop
Oct 16 10:00 am

Staff Meeting

This meeting is dedicated to discussing staff updates for the Honors College. Attendance is exclusive to Honors College staff members.
Oct 16 4:00 pm

Practicing Civil Political Discourse - Workshop Sessions: 2024 Election

Practicing Civil Political Discourse - Workshop Sessions: 2024 Election

Hosted by ARETE/Braver Angels
Oct 17 5:30 pm

CLASS Honors & the Institute for Global Engagement present Antigone

CLASS Honors & the Institute for Global Engagement present Antigone (Dir. Sophie Deraspe).
This is a co-curricular event in collaboration with Human Situation. Professors Amanda Vredenburgh & Casey Dué Hackney will introduced and have a discussion after the film. This 2019 film is a French-Canadian adaptation of the ancient Greek play Antigone by Sophocles, transposing the story to a modern-day refugee family in Montreal. It won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film and five Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture. This free screening will take place on October 23, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. in the Honors College Commons.
Oct 18 6:30 pm

Honors Arts Evening

An evening showcasing a marriage of live contemporary chamber music and visual art unlike anything else on Houston stages. Experience a hybrid art-science performance that uses neuroscience to take viewers inside the brains of the performers!

Prospective Students

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The Honors College welcomes applications from students entering the University of Houston as freshmen, students enrolled at the University for one or several semesters and students transferring from other colleges and universities.
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There's no substitute for seeing the University of Houston for yourself. We encourage prospective students and their families to meet faculty and staff and see the campus. Prospective students have several opportunities to visit the Honors College — the Cougar Preview, one of our High School Senior Open Houses or an Individual Visit!
Why Honors?
The Honors College is a community where motivated students learn and grow together. We provide the personal support and advantages of a small liberal arts college together with the rich resources and diversity of a large metropolitan university.

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Honors by the Numbers

Top 10Top Ten Honors Program in the Nation
34Incoming National Merit and Tier One Recipients
667Fall 2023 Incoming Students
8Fulbright Recipients

Phi Beta Kappa

The Honors College proudly houses the
nation's oldest and most prestigious honor society.

Curricular Minors & Programs

The Human Situation

The Human Situation is the gateway course of the Honors College,
a year-long welcome to the world of ideas.

Co-curricular Programs

News

Learning What It Means to Be Human
Since 1977, the Human Situation curriculum has been empowering undergrads to sharpen their minds and learn how to think critically.
UH Earns Recognition for Support of First-Generation Coogs
Honors students Damian Lujan and Ashley Cabrera talk about their experiences as first-generation students as the University of Houston accepts a membership as an institution of the FirstGen Forward Network.
Summer School: Educators Gain Creative Inspiration During UH’s Common Ground Teachers Institute
Teachers can attend Common Ground at no cost, and their books are underwritten by past grants from the McGovern Foundation. For their participation in the institute, educators will earn 30 Texas Education Agency-approved Continuing Professional Education hours.
From Student to Teacher: CASE Debates Champion Comes Full Circle Through UH Honors Debate Workshop
The CASE Debates program is also creating a pipeline of alumni who return to the debate camp each summer, just like Appiah. These alumni, once former participants, now use their debate skills in the classroom as coaches.
Scholarships, Awards Transporting Coogs to New Academic Environments
It has been yet another banner year for student success at the University of Houston.
On the heels of UH announcing a record number of student Fulbrights and a student earning the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, Cougars have received even more distinguished honors that will support their personal and professional growth.
Leading by Example
At the 69th Annual Alumni Awards Gala, Kaitlyn Palividas (’17) won the Billie Schneider Outstanding Volunteer Award. The award was recognition of Palividas’ tireless work in the University of Houston alumni community.
Record Number of UH Fulbrights Puts Coogs on the Map
Recently, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program awarded scholarships to 14 University of Houston students and alumni, who will soon travel worldwide to impart knowledge gained at their alma mater while supporting global populations.
Honors College Graduates Celebrated for Outstanding Achievements
More than 400 family, friends, faculty and staff gathered in the Conrad N. Hilton Ballroom of the Hilton University of Houston to celebrate Honors College graduates during the Honors College Medallion Ceremony on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.