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Challenging Minds to Change the World

The Honors College provides an enhanced education and an intellectual community to a select cohort of the university’s highest-achieving undergraduates. Its flexible curriculum integrates seamlessly with Auburn’s degree programs, enhancing standard courses through dynamic, multidisciplinary and metacognitive approaches.

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Admissions

Discover the resources, opportunities, and benefits the Honors College offers our students.

If you have received an invitation to apply, or hope to receive one, learn more about our streamlined application process.

If you have received an invitation to apply, or hope to receive one, learn more about our streamlined application process.

Have questions? We have answers. We’ve listed some of the most common questions we hear from prospective students and their families.

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Visit Us

Learn more about the Honors College through a one-on-one meeting with our recruitment team! Our Honors Ambassadors will share more about their Honors experience, while covering everything Honors including our flexible curriculum designations, membership benefits, student involvement opportunities, application process, and more.

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Visit Us

Learn more about the Honors College through a one-on-one meeting with our recruitment team! Our Honors Ambassadors will share more about their Honors experience, while covering everything Honors including our flexible curriculum designations, membership benefits, student involvement opportunities, application process, and more.

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News

Jack Janik’s time at Auburn was shaped by curiosity, collaboration and a growing passion for tribology — the study of friction, wear and lubrication. The graduate of the Honors College and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering credits Auburn with helping him discover his academic interests and prepare for a career in industry.

November 10, 2025

The new Honors College Research Venture Lyceum courses offer small-scale research experiences to Honors students across several fields.

October 28, 2025

Of the more than 130 programs offered through Auburn Abroad, three — Joseph S. Bruno Auburn Abroad in Italy, Business minor in Milan, Italy and Tropical Conservation and Sustainable Development in Costa Rica — also allow students to earn a complete minor in only seven or 13 weeks.

October 27, 2025

Events

Jack Janik’s time at Auburn was shaped by curiosity, collaboration and a growing passion for tribology — the study of friction, wear and lubrication. The graduate of the Honors College and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering credits Auburn with helping him discover his academic interests and prepare for a career in industry.

November 10, 2025

The new Honors College Research Venture Lyceum courses offer small-scale research experiences to Honors students across several fields.

October 28, 2025

Of the more than 130 programs offered through Auburn Abroad, three — Joseph S. Bruno Auburn Abroad in Italy, Business minor in Milan, Italy and Tropical Conservation and Sustainable Development in Costa Rica — also allow students to earn a complete minor in only seven or 13 weeks.

October 27, 2025

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Nov. 24, 2025
Thanksgiving Break

November 24-28, 2025 

Happy Thanksgiving Honors College! Please note that our offices will be closed November 26-28, 2025 for the Thanksgiving holiday.