Honors

The UConn Honors Program offers undergraduates an opportunity to enrich their UConn experience through exploration, creativity, and leadership in academics and beyond the classroom. Students learn how to contribute to their field and effect positive change as part of a diverse and supportive community of scholars.

Individualized and Interdisciplinary Studies

The Individualized and Interdisciplinary Studies Program (IISP) works with undergraduates who wish to design their own majors or pursue select interdisciplinary minors (including Global Studies, European Studies, and Crime and Justice). Individualized majors are based in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences or College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources, and may draw on courses in other schools and colleges.

National Scholarships & Fellowships

The Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships (ONSF) advises and mentors students applying for scholarships that require institutional endorsement, including the Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, Goldwater, Udall, Truman, and Gaither Junior Fellows competitions, along with those that incorporate some form of institutional review into their selection processes such as the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. We also serve as a resource for nationally competitive awards for which students apply directly, such as Gates Cambridge and Gilman. We work with all graduate and undergraduate students across all UConn campuses.

Undergraduate Research

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) helps students find and develop opportunities to engage in independent or collaborative research across the University’s academic disciplines. OUR is a resource for students in all majors on all UConn campuses seeking to enrich their undergraduate experiences through participation in research, scholarship, and creative activity.

Pre-Professional Advising

The Office of Pre-Professional Advising offers support and guidance to all UConn students and alumni interested in pre-medical and pre-dental advising and pre-law advising.

University Scholars

Available to students from all of the University’s schools and colleges, the University Scholar Program allows students to design and pursue an in-depth research or creative project and to craft an individualized plan of study that supports their intellectual interests during their final three semesters. Graduation as a University Scholar recognizes a student’s extraordinary engagement with self-reflective learning and research or creative endeavors.