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By the Numbers

100% Experiential Education Participation

98% First-Year Retention Rate

91% Employment or Graduate/Professional School

Mission in Action

Explore Your Purpose

Honors advisors and the Center for Personal Development counselors partner with students in their exploration of purpose to cultivate self-awareness, well-being, and career readiness.

Develop Intellectually

Honors at Kentucky has a long and proud history, dating back to 1958, and thousands of students have passed through our program, exploring themselves and the boundaries of thought with outstanding faculty.

Lead With Integrity

Providing leadership development opportunities enables students to fulfill their experiential credit while bolstering lifelong skills to apply as a graduate student or employee.

Participating in Honors throughout my undergraduate career has helped me maintain a holistic education. I am interested in science and medicine in my career and having Honors classes that address the role of the humanities in these fields has really broadened my perspective.

Kayli Bolton '23
Kayli Bolton '23
Gates Cambridge Scholar
Kayli Bolton '23

News and Events

Physiology Scholars Program welcomes new cohort focused on biomedical research

Lewis Honors College students, Ryan Brennan and Sarisha Lohano, have been selected to be part of the new cohort of the University of Kentucky’s Department of Physiology Scholars Program.

2024 Oswald Research and Creativity Competition winners announced

Lewis Honors College students represented nearly half of the Oswald Research and Creativity Competition award-winners in 2024. Honors College students received first and second place awards in the categories of Biological Sciences, Physical and Engineering Sciences, and second place awards in Fine Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities: Critical Research.

CATS for Ghana poised to help overseas students excel

Lewis Honors College sophomore Akua Asamoah founded CATS for Ghana, "an organization brought about to reduce health and educational inequality in Ghana", in March 2024 as a UK freshman.

Honor the Balance: Chair Massage & Crafts

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Lewis Scholars Lounge

420 Hilltop Ave, Lexington, KY

Honors Thesis Showcase

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Lewis Scholars Lounge and Classrooms

420 Hilltop Ave, Lexington, KY

Honors Medal Ceremony

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Lewis Scholars Lounge

420 Hilltop Ave, Lexington, KY

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