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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

Rachel Dinkel is contracting her way through her Honors career. Contracting allows students to earn Honors credit by adding a unique, academically rigorous component to a non-Honors course. These projects go beyond the standard curriculum, offering students the chance to dive deeper into topics that matter to them, whether this is through research, creative work or service learning.

October 13, 2025

The Honors College hosted its annual Induction Ceremony on Sept. 14, welcoming its newest Honors students in a moment that marked the beginning of their Auburn journey.

September 29, 2025

One of the benefits that Honors students enjoy during their time at Auburn is access to two academic advisors: one rooted in the college of their major and one in the Honors College.

September 15, 2025

Events

Rachel Dinkel is contracting her way through her Honors career. Contracting allows students to earn Honors credit by adding a unique, academically rigorous component to a non-Honors course. These projects go beyond the standard curriculum, offering students the chance to dive deeper into topics that matter to them, whether this is through research, creative work or service learning.

October 13, 2025

The Honors College hosted its annual Induction Ceremony on Sept. 14, welcoming its newest Honors students in a moment that marked the beginning of their Auburn journey.

September 29, 2025

One of the benefits that Honors students enjoy during their time at Auburn is access to two academic advisors: one rooted in the college of their major and one in the Honors College.

September 15, 2025

four individuals smiling and holding coffee cups at the Auburn University 'Cup at Cater' event in front of Katharine Cooper Cater Hall, scheduled for Octopber  1 from 9-11 A.M.
Oct. 1, 2025
Cup at Cater

October 1 | 9 - 11 a.m.

It’s the first Wednesday of the month, which means it’s time for Cup at Cater!
Swing by Cater Hall for a free cup of coffee and some light breakfast snacks. It’s one of the best ways to recharge, connect with others, and ease into the rest of your day.