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One Honors College. Eight Program Options. Infinite Possibilities.

The Honors College blends eight highly acclaimed living-learning programs, close-knit communities of students and faculty, and the magic and infinite possibilities of a premier public research university in the nation’s capital area and global center.

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Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students

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Design Cultures & Creativity

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Gemstone

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Honors Global Challenges and Solutions

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Honors Humanities

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Integrated Life Sciences

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Interdisciplinary Business Honors

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University Honors

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Small Seminars, Big Questions: A Semester of Honors Class Drop-Ins Where Science, Business, and the Arts Meet the Public Good

This semester, our Honors comms team dropped into four very different Honors classrooms and found a common thread: whether students were debating medical ethics, analyzing privacy policies, exploring dance as...

Honors CommunicationsMay 11, 2026

Pitch Dingman competition 2026

Honors alumni team WISE Connect among top winners at 2026 Pitch Dingman Competition

At the 2026 Pitch Dingman Competition, Honors alumni Marie Brodsky ’24 (ACES) and Kat Close ’23 (DCC) won the $20,000 grand prize in the Alumni Tech Track for WISE Connect,...

Honors CommunicationsMay 5, 2026

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Introducing ThinkEx, an AI Study Tool Built by Honors Terps

Finals are fast approaching, and two Honors freshmen are turning AI into a smarter study tool for Terps. IBH student Ibraheem Shaikh ’29 and ACES student Urjit Chakraborty ’29 are...

Honors CommunicationsMay 4, 2026

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Explore “Art Under Authority,” a multimedia project by DCC Creative-in-Residence Beatriz Moreira Leite ’26

What does it mean to make art under the shadow of power? As a DCC senior, dance major, and this year’s DCC Creative-in-Residence, Beatriz Moreira Leite has been exploring this...

Honors CommunicationsApril 30, 2026

Upcoming events

Honors Citation Ceremony – Fall 2026

Our Fall 2026 Citation Ceremony takes place at the UMD Memorial Chapel from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

13 November 2026

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