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George Washington University honors students are
Intellectual Omnivores
University Honors Program
The George Washington University (GW) Honors Program helps students hone their analytical and expressive powers, deepen their understanding of complex issues and questions, and broaden their perspectives. Built upon an interdisciplinary honors experience, the program is fully aligned with the highest academic aspirations of GW’s schools and departments. Honors students are intellectual omnivores who know that you can’t be interested in one thing without being interested in all things.
Fully aligned with the highest academic
aspirations of GW’s schools and departments
Class Visits around the Community!
Many of our UHP faculty members enjoy taking students on visits around the community to explore relevant course topics! Read about Professor Moreira's Fall 2023 'Nature Appreciation" Capstone experiences in the blog linked below!
Pictured to the left: Students in Professor Kirwin's 'Identity Politics in Africa" course attend a concert by Niger’s guitar maestro, Bombino, at the Hamilton Live in Washington, D.C.
AY 2019-2020 STATS
Academics
- 68 honors courses taught by 36 Honors dedicated professors
- 43 credit-bearing research projects or internships
- 2/5 of UHP students choose to take more than the required number of Honors courses
UHP Facts
- 9% of honors graduates graduated early in 2018
- 25% (approx) of your total course-work will be UHP curriculum
- 61 students studied abroad in 2018-2019 academic year
“While your major often teaches you how to work, the UHP teaches you how to think.”
Jacob Garber, English and Creative Writing, Class of 2014
