BSW Honors Program
The BSW Honors program challenges students to see the world as presenting research questions that can be answered through the application of social work theories and values.
Nursing Honors Program
The Undergraduate Nursing Honors Program mission is to prepare students at the baccalaureate level in nursing science and leadership.
CNS Departmental Honors Programs
The College of Natural Sciences has a number of Major-Specific Honors Programs worth learning about: Turing Scholars is for computer science majors, Honors in Advanced Nutritional Sciences is for nutrition majors and Honors in Advanced Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS) is for HDFS majors. In addition, most departments offer departmental honors opportunities to their students.
Health Science Scholars
A unique honors program for the one-of-a-kind health professions student.
Polymathic Scholars
A polymath is a person with broad and varied interests (so, no, it's not about math). Follow your curiosity to new pursuits in our most interdisciplinary honors program.
Dean’s Scholars
A four-year honors degree program for highly motivated and talented students with a demonstrated interest in scientific research.
COLA Departmental Honors Programs
Most departments in the College of Liberal Arts offer honors programs to their majors.
Junior Fellows Program
A small group of up to thirty-five talented and energetic juniors and seniors selected on the basis of their intellectual ability, the quality and promise of their proposed project, and their enthusiasm for discussion.
Humanities Honors Program
The Humanities Honors major is an individualized, interdisciplinary course of study which offers highly motivated students the opportunity to design an independent course of study built around intellectual interests.
Plan II Honors Program
Plan II is a challenging interdisciplinary curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree. Plan II differs from most honors programs in that its core curriculum is a major.
Liberal Arts Honors
With small classes, top professors, individualized coursework, and an active learning community, Liberal Arts Honors broadens students’ worldview and prepares them to lead.
Informatics Honors Program
The Honors Program in Informatics provides ambitious and focused students with an opportunity to do independent research in the form of a substantial thesis.
Geosciences Departmental Honors Program
The Jackson honors program is closely tied to the pursuit of advanced research projects. Doing an undergraduate research project or thesis can significantly enhance a student’s résumé and prospects for advancement to graduate school.
Texas Robotics
Texas Robotics unites robotics efforts at The University of Texas at Austin to enable deeper collaborations, facilitate cutting-edge research, provide comprehensive educational offerings, and give back to the greater community.
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Honors Program
The Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Honors Program provides a rigorous, challenging, and faster-pace curriculum and environment to a cohort of ECE undergraduate students who have the background, ability, desire, and motivation to pursue a more demanding track.
Engineering Honors Program (EHP)
The Engineering Honors Program offers merit scholarships and honors experiences across all engineering majors.
Moody College Honors Program
The Moody College Honors Program is an intimate and rigorous four-year honors program dedicated to the cultivation of critical thinkers and transformative leaders.
Major in Civics Honors
While approval is pending for the proposed major in Civics Honors, students may apply to the School of Civic Leadership as undeclared majors. We anticipate that the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Civics Honors will have final approval prior to the 2025-2026 academic year.
Texas Honors Electrical and Computer Engineering and Business (ECB)
Texas ECB offers an unparalleled honors education in electrical and computer engineering and Canfield Business Honors. Students studying in the program earn two bachelor degrees at the honors level in four years.
Texas Honors Computer Science and Business (Texas CSB)
Texas CSB is a rigorous academic joint honors program for students who excel in computer science and have a passion for business. This program offers students the ability to earn two bachelors degrees in four years in Computer Science Honors and Canfield Business Honors.