University Honors Program
Offering intellectually curious and ambitious students a challenging, personalized academic experience enriched by faculty mentorship, diverse co-curricular opportunities, and a vibrant scholarly community.
Welcome
Are you intellectually curious? Do you enroll in challenging courses? Do you have lofty ambitions and career plans? The University Honors Program (UHP) can help you achieve your goals.
Honors courses
- Honors students learn from experienced faculty and talented peers, and, in so doing, become members of a stimulating and diverse scholarly community.
Experiences
- Cocurricular experiences like studying abroad, undergraduate research, teaching assistantships, internships, and academic competition teams enrich learning at K-State and prepare for future opportunities.
Tailored learning
- Individualized learning experiences, such as the faculty-mentored honors project, tailor student learning to meet customized goals and produce tangible expressions of their interests and abilities.
In the News
UHP sophomore in Animal Science, Sydney Bellanger, has been awarded a $5000 Gilman scholarship in support of an international internship in Greece.
Two UHP students have been published in the fall/winter 2024-25 issue of Live Ideas. Annika Lindt, junior in Medical Microbiology, for her poem, Invisible Finish Line, and Alexa Heseltine, senior in Medical Microbiology, for her essay, Undermining Public Health: Countering Religious Objections to Insurance Coverage for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis.
Graduating UHP senior in Agricultural Economics, Adelaide Easter, has been selected to be the student commencement speaker for the College of Agriculture.
Campbell Scholars
Congratulations to the inaugural cohort!