As an HCOL student, you are a dual citizen at UVM with academic ties to your home undergraduate college and to the Honors College. Together with your assigned advisor in your degree-granting college, the Honors College academic advising team helps you to navigate HCOL course requirements and will refer you to university resources that will enable you to thrive and enjoy a successful UVM experience.

In addition, the Honors College Peer Mentors are available to provide guidance and advice from a student perspective.

Learn more about Honors College Advising

Meet the Honors College Peer Mentors

Honors College students have “dual citizenship": they are members of both the HCOL and one of the seven undergraduate degree granting schools and colleges. The Honors College supplements and enriches degree offerings with seminars (one each semester for the first two years of study), research and scholarly preparatory coursework (one-four credits in the junior year), and a senior Honors thesis project (six credits over senior year). Honors College courses often count towards fulfilling degree requirements. Students who complete all Honors College curricular requirements, in addition to the degree requirements of their home school or college, graduate as Honors College Scholars.

Review Honors College courses options and requirements

Review all UVM requirements in the Course Catalogue

Remain in good Honors College standing

Opportunities for undergraduate research at UVM are extensive and limited only by your imagination. Research can be conducted independently, on a team, directed by a faculty member, within the university, or in an outside facility. UVM’s FOUR (Fellowships, Opportunities, and Undergraduate Research) office enables students to get involved in research, discovery, innovation, creativity, or other scholarly work on the cutting edge of their field. This fall FOUR is providing comprehensive support through digital resources and advising.

Learn more about undergraduate research at UVM.

Make an appointment to meet with the FOUR advisors.

From the Fulbright Scholarship to the Rhodes Scholarship, all students at the University of Vermont receive one-on-one mentoring and advising for nationally competitive scholarship and fellowship applications. Fellowships advising is housed in the FOUR Office, and this fall FOUR is providing comprehensive support through digital resources and advising.

Learn more about prestigious scholarships and fellowships at UVM.

Make an appointment to meet with the FOUR advisors.

It's the people who make the Honors College a rich and rewarding experience. But there are some additional perks that go along with being in the Honors College:

Housing & the Residential College

Howe Library Advising & Checkout Priviledges

Priority Registration

Career Development Awards

Outstanding post-college opportunities