We Make It Easy for You to Excel

As an Honors student, you’ll follow a proven path to success, with support from your classmates, professors and Honors staff.  

First Year: Honors Seminar

An Honors Seminar offers a small, intimate setting for meaningful faculty-student interaction and rich discussion.

First Year: Honors Colloquium

In the first year, successfully complete the Honors Colloquium, a course exploring the city of Buffalo and its vibrant communities through research, civic engagement and group projects.

Throughout: Honors Experiences

As an Honors student, you’ll earn Honors Experiences inside and outside the classroom through a variety of opportunities, from research and internships to studying abroad and taking advanced courses.

Throughout: Maintain required GPA

First-Year Students

All Honors scholars who start their first year must:

  1. Maintain at least a 3.300 undergraduate UB Grade Point Average (GPA) during the first year.
  2. Maintain at least a 3.500 undergraduate UB GPA in each successive year.
  3. Graduate with an overall UB GPA of 3.500.

Students Entering the Honors College after their First Year

If you are a transfer student, a UB student who entered the Honors College after your first year, or a UB Singapore student, you must:

  1. Maintain at least a 3.500 undergraduate UB GPA each year.
  2. Graduate with an overall UB GPA of 3.500.