In the classroom, students meet professors with strong commitments to teaching and overall academic excellence. The University Honors Program provides opportunities for students to get to know one another and to enrich their intellectual experience through planned events. In a particular year, honors students may have the opportunity to hear presentations by novelists, scientists and other scholars, and to attend concerts, plays, films and informal faculty presentations. We recognize the importance of cultural and social activities in helping our students feel more connected to each other and to the UNT community. Each semester, honors students can participate in a program of brown bag lunches, a series of late-afternoon conversations about important topics.
Honors students produce a literary magazine every year.
As an honors student, you may want to be a member of the staff or just contribute a poem, story or essay. Many opportunities are available to you as you seek to enhance your college academic life. UNT's Office of Housing and Residence Life has set aside a special group of rooms just for students in the honors program, offering special programming and the opportunity to interact with other honors students. Students admitted to the honors program should specify on their housing application that they with to live on the honors wing. Applying to the University Honors Program Admission to the University Honors Program for new college students is competitive and based on several factors, including high school grades and references from teachers and counselors, as well as scores on standardized tests.