Application

Applications for Fall (2024) semester open on March 1st and close May 1st.

Applications for Spring semester open on October 1st and close on December 1st.

Application Requirements:

  1. Meet with an honors Peer Mentor. Students who do not meet with a Peer Mentor prior to applying will be automatically denied.
  2. Complete at least one fulltime semester at the University of Iowa to be considered for admission next semester to Honors.
  3. Remember that in order to graduate with University Honors, in addition to completing the curriculum, you will need a 3.33 UI cumulative GPA or greater at graduation.

**Students who were previously in the honors program should consider the appeal process detailed below.

Application

This is what you can expect to find in the application:

  • Questions about meaningful curricular and co-curricular activities from your time at Iowa.
  • How you will plan to overlap your academic courses with honors courses.
  • What experiential opportunities you imagine you’ll pursue.
    • You can review the coursework page of our website.

Students are not required to complete the Honors Program curriculum exactly as they have laid out in their answers. However, we do want to see that students have seriously considered the program requirements and understand how they might work towards program completion. Honors Peer Mentors can help you understand your options for coursework and experiential learning requirements.

**Past University Honors Members

Past University Honors students are eligible to appeal (rather than apply) if they have previously completed one honors course at the University of Iowa.

The appeal process is always open during the fall and spring semesters.

To appeal you will need to meet with an Honors professional staff member and construct a detailed plan for completing your 12 coursework and 12 experiential learning credits required to graduate with University Honors. 

Before your meeting

1. Review a “what if” University Honors degree audit in MyUI.

2. Review the Honors curricular requirements and opportunities for options that interest you.

3. Come prepared to discuss a specific plan to complete your honors requirements.

4. Appeals will be reviewed for approval within two weeks of submission.

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