As a member of the University Honors College, you’ll have research opportunities ordinarily limited to graduate students. Not only can you work with leading faculty and make real contributions to their research, the honors thesis gives you the opportunity to design and conduct a research project of your own. In addition, many UHC students win research grants and publish their findings well before they graduate.

Through honors classes and research, you’ll study and work with some of Oregon State’s finest professors, many of whom have national and international reputations in their fields. Mentoring relationships develop easily in the UHC, guiding you through your college career, preparing you for the future and showing you how to solve challenging problems and make a positive difference in the world.

Our graduates have had extraordinary acceptance rates into graduate and professional schools, including Harvard, Emory, Stanford, and respected medical schools like Johns Hopkins, Mt. Sinai, and Oregon Health & Science University.

Benefits of the University Honors College

A quick look at the benefits of being part of the University Honors College (UHC):

• Graduate with the Honors Baccalaureate degree, one of about 13 in the nation
• Tight-knit community
• Small class sizes
• One-on-one interaction with professors
• All classes are taught by faculty professors, not Teaching Assistants
• UHC trips and events
• Personal academic advising from the UHC advisors
• Priority living in McNary Hall or the GEM, the Honors College Residence Halls
• Two centrally located study lounges including a computer lab, free printing and a lounge areas perfect for study groups, sleeping, and meetings
• Free candy from the Honors College office
• Leadership involvement
• Write an undergraduate thesis
• Over 90% of UHC graduates who apply to law, medical, and graduate schools are accepted (depending on student accomplishments)