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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

Research Expo offers research connections for UK undergrads

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 6, 2024) — The University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) will host the 4th biannual Research + Creative Experience Expo from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 9, at the Gatton Student Center Social Staircase.

UK junior earns Voyager Scholarship to support public service work

University of Kentucky Lewis Honors College junior Carlee O’Neal, of West Liberty, Kentucky, has been selected for an Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service.

UK student turns summer research project into poetry book

Just because classes are out for the summer at the University of Kentucky, does not mean students have put a pause on their educational pursuits. This summer, while many were enjoying a well-deserved break, UK Lewis Honors College junior Beaux Hardin was hard at work, deeply immersed in research that could have a lasting impact on their field of study.

Part-Time Job Fair

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Gatton Student Center Atrium

Education Abroad Fair

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Gatton Student Center Ballroom

160 Ave of Champions

Career Prep Expo

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Lewis Scholars Lounge and Classrooms

420 Hilltop Ave, Lexington, KY

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