Honors College

Application Opens on September 1st

Honors College students sharpen their critical thinking, allowing them to attain comfort with ambiguity, to cultivate innovation and curiosity, and to explore personal values.

Honors Learning Community

Scholarship

Welcome to BGSU Honors

The Honors Learning Community has reached its member capacity and is now on a wait-list. To ensure your status on the wait-list, login to your myBGSU account and request membership. You will be notified via your BGSU email account if we are able to move you off the wait-list.

Honors Virtual Appointments

Virtual Information Sessions

Learn more about our Honors Students of Color

Honors Students of Color

BGSU Honors Students of Color seeks to equip our multicultural students with the confidence, skills, and tools to successfully navigate their experience not only in the Honors College but at BGSU.

Apply to the Honors Learning Community

BGSU Honors Learning Community

Admission into the Honors College does not guarantee a spot in the Honors Learning Community nor is it a requirement

BGSU Honors student, Alumni Laureate Scholar Sets Sights on Career in Optometry

I am grateful for this program and the people in it because it helped me prepare for each year at BGSU and think about the goals I wanted to accomplish. From start to finish, my ALS experience was one for which I will be forever grateful.

Nikhita Jacobs

Belong.

The Honors College is a challenging and supportive environment where you can discover the best in yourself. Our small class sizes invite thoughtful, spirited interaction among students who draw strength, focus and inspiration from each other. Professors see the best in you, and expect the best from you. Individualized advising and programming helps you to find a community on campus. The Honors College intentionally focuses on building a community where everyone can belong. So, join us on this journey of intellectual discovery.

Stand Out.

Many of our students reflect how the Honors College gives them the confidence to go across campus and make a difference throughout their collegiate career at BGSU and beyond. Honors students participate in ground breaking research, write music, enrich the university by serving in key leadership roles, and travel abroad to deepen their understanding of the world around them. “The Honors College is a place for BGSU’s brightest and best students to thrive. We strive to create a supportive environment for academic and personal growth, and to prepare students for graduation and for lifelong learning and success.” Simon Morgan-Russell, Ph.D., Dean

Student Success Stories

Honors chemistry student to attend prestigious ACS conference Brie Bradshaw is among a select group that will attend this year’s prestigious LEADS Conference, to be hosted by the American Chemical Society this July in Washington, D.C., where she will meet with some of the world’s top chemists, scientists and professionals.
Class of 2021: BGSU Goldwater Fellow prepares for bioinformatics career Bowling Green State University Goldwater Fellow will pursue a Ph.D. in bioinformatics thanks to multiple research opportunities and supportive faculty mentors.

Go Far.

The Honors College prepares students to enter competitive internships and graduate programs, while also preparing them for the job market. Students who have graduated from BGSU’s Honors College have continued their journey of academic excellence at some of the most rigorous graduate and professional programs in the country and have found success landing jobs at competitive national companies. Just a few of the organizations, graduate schools, and companies are below.

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