Congratulations on your admission to the Honors College!
We are comprised of eight unique living-learning programs (LLPs), which attract some of the country’s - and the world's - most brilliant minds. Being a part of an LLP means that you will be in a close-knit living-learning community, where faculty and staff will work closely with your cohort of students to foster learning inside and outside of the classroom. We invite you to learn more about these living-learning programs prior to telling us which ones interest you the most, and then we will let you know which program has selected you. You will then spend the next two to four years living with other students in your LLP, and working towards an Honors College Citation. There is no “right” or “wrong” LLP, so we ask you to learn more about the opportunities available to students in each program before you fill out your preferencing form. Welcome to the Honors College!
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Questions?
Please contact honorsadmissions@umd.edu.
Helpful Resources
Honors College General:
UMD Resources:
- First-Gen Terps
- Financial Aid
- Residence Life
- UMD Dining Plans
- UMD Study Abroad
- Prior Learning Credit
- Academic Advising
- New Student Orientation
- Virtual Admitted Student Open House Sessions
General FAQs
- We’ve added anti-racist curricular and cocurricular programming;
- We’ve continued our efforts in working with the Honors Student Advisory Boards and other Honors College groups to create networks of support, mentors, faculty contact, community, and opportunity. This includes PrePAIR Mentoring Program, a peer mentor program where first-year underrepresented minorities are paired with current underrepresented minority students to help guide them through their first year;
- We sponsor the Black Honors Caucus and W.E.B. Du Bois Honor Society to increase opportunities for students of color to dialogue and interact with people from different global cultures, through community and service;
- We've established mechanisms of accountability across the Honors College to support continuous evaluation of how we are doing and to solicit major stakeholders’ input for additional actions;
- Other support resources across campus include the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, which houses resources for the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Education, the Nyumburu Cultural Center, and #UMDSolidarity - events and opportunities for solidarity and reflection.
Upperclassmen may also become members of the Honors College by joining a Departmental Honors Program in their academic department or college.
LLP-Specific Websites:
Academic FAQs
Visit Transfer Credit Services for more information and a comprehensive chart of the university's credit exemptions.