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By the Numbers

100% Experiential Education Participation

96% First-Year Retention Rate

90% Employment or Graduate/Professional School

Mission in Action

Nedra McLain and Emily

Explore Your Purpose

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

Savannah King with her Honors Thesis Showcase poster

Develop Intellectually

Honors at Kentucky has a long and proud history, dating back to 1959, and thousands of students have passed through our program, exploring themselves and the boundaries of thought with outstanding faculty.

Jacqueline Coleman, Christian Brady, Laura Bryan, Conner Brumley

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.

The Honors classes I took my freshman year exposed me to ideas that I would not have otherwise thought deeply about. The topics we discussed have allowed me to engage with current events and the social sciences more than I would have been able to otherwise.

Asa O'Neal
Asa O'Neal '25
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, Astronaut Scholar
Asa O'Neal
Maddie Duff waving with other graduating students walking

Why Honors?

Students in the Honors Residential Experience Lounge

Honors Residential Experience

Tamika Tompoulidis with student during EXPO

Center for Personal Development

Honors students in Costa Rica

Internship, Research, Education Abroad, Service-Learning Opportunities

Dr. Kenton Sena with HON 152 students outdoors

Dedicated Honors Faculty

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News and Events

Lewis Honors College Released Honors Admission Decisions

Feb 17, 2026

The Lewis Honors College released its admission decisions to applicants on February 17. This year, the Lewis Honors College received a record-breaking number of more than 7,000 applications, making the selection process more competitive than at any other time in the history of the College. All applicants were carefully reviewed holistically by the Honors selection committee of academic professionals based on the following criteria:

From left: Ainsley Byers, Jacob Childress, Katelyn Straw and Emmerson Willhoite.

4 UK undergraduates (2 from LHC) to present at Posters-at-the-Capitol

By Ellasyn Eggers
Feb 19, 2026

Four University of Kentucky undergraduate researchers will present their work at the 24th annual Posters-at-the-Capitol on March 5.

Future of college athletics with Dr. Kwame Agyemang

SEC honors colleges introduce new ‘Future of College Athletics’ course

By Adrienne Clarke
Feb 16, 2026

College athletics is undergoing its most dramatic transformation in decades — and Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors students will now have a front-row seat.

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Honors Student Leadership Conference

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Lewis Scholars Lounge

420 Hilltop Ave, Lexington, KY

Ideas That Matter: Shadow Governors- How Athletes, Media, and Money Are Reshaping College Sports w/ Kwame Agyemang, Ph.D.

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Lewis Scholars Lounge

420 Hilltop Ave, Lexington, KY

Graduate Student Panel

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Lewis Scholars Lounge

420 Hilltop Ave, Lexington, KY

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Lewis Honors College
University of Kentucky
Lewis Hall, 420 Hilltop Avenue
Lexington, KY 40526
Phone: 859-257-3111

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