Make your Honors connection. Learn and grow. Embrace new challenges.
The University of Iowa Honors Program welcomes outstanding students who want to enrich their college experience with engaging course work, exciting experiences outside of class, and opportunities to make great friends.
Students involved in Honors at Iowa benefit from access to honors professional staff and peer mentors. The Blank Honors Center, with its own library, computer lab, and study spaces, serves as a second home for many UI honors students. Those who complete the membership requirements earn the designation of graduating with University Honors.
60+
years of honors excellence
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Honors provides small class sizes, honors housing options, and exclusive access to events, opportunities, scholarships, and resources. See if Honors at Iowa is the right fit for you. Select your student type to learn more about applying to the Honors Program.
Research at Iowa Changes Lives
Undergraduate research at the University of Iowa combines traditional science with creativity that spans all disciplines.
Nearly 1 in 3 Iowa undergraduates have been directly involved in faculty research and gain hands-on experience as early as their first year on campus. Most of our professors are expert researchers in a broad range of fields, making it easy for you to find and connect with someone doing research in an area you're interested in.
See what current students are researching and how they are working to find a cure for diabetes, define the behaviors of a supernova, and study the origins of bias and prejudice in our community.
1 in 3
undergraduates involved in research
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Schedule a visit that includes an information session about research or honors at Iowa.