You have been selected to apply to the Honors Program at Loyola University Chicago. Since 1936, the Honors Program has provided an enriched educational experience for the university’s most talented students. Only a small percentage of freshmen are invited into the program each year. An Honors student is academically and professionally aspirational and an ethical leader in their community. The Curriculum Interdisciplinary in design and international in scope, Loyola’s Honors Program offers a dynamic general education that enables our students to bring many perspectives to real-world problem-solving, in the Jesuit tradition. Faculty craft intensive courses that refine analytical and communication skills, while the formal curriculum is supplemented with many cultural excursions and service opportunities. Every Honors course you take reduces the number of Core courses you are required to complete. You can read more about the curriculum, requirements, and our award-winning teaching faculty on our website.
The Benefits As an Honors student, you will come into contact with Loyola’s most effective teachers, our most exciting researchers, and, of course, our most talented students. You’ll benefit from priority registration each semester; individualized advising; small class sizes; and faculty mentorship. As the highest academic distinction awarded by the university, the Honors Degree commands special acknowledgement. Candidates are identified separately in the commencement program, and the official transcript identifies all Honors courses. The Freshman Year Experience Honors Freshmen are housed together in a residence that is close to the lake and the city. In residence, you’ll have many opportunities to connect intellectually and socially with students majoring in fields from across the university and joining us from across the US and the globe. Together, you and your friends will make your way through the Honors Freshman Seminars, reading texts like Darwin’s The Origin of Species and visiting places like the Art Institute of Chicago as a group.
Finally, I encourage you to look through issues of the Honors Magazine, an award-winning online publication that will introduce you to our dynamic community and program.
