Wilkes Honors College of FAU
The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University is the first public honors college built from the ground up in the United States. It receives top ratings among the nation’s best honors colleges and programs and offers small, all-honors classes led by expert faculty. The College provides students with an outstanding liberal arts education and shares its campus with world-class research—the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, FAU’s Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute, and the Wertheim UF Scripps Institute. As a public university, it offers an affordable, quality education in a residential setting, making it an exceptional value.
Accepts first-year applicationsSouthPublicSuburbanSmall (2,000 and under)Co-Ed
Academic programs
- Engineering
- Research
- Science
- Liberal Arts
- Business
- Economics
- Government/Political Science
- Health Science
- Social Science
- Visual Arts
Student experience
- Co-op/Internship Opportunities
- Disability Services
- Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI)
- Intramural/Club Sports
- LGBTQIA Services
- On-Campus Housing
- Study Abroad
- Undergraduate Research
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Visit us
See for yourself what makes the Wilkes Honors College so special! Take a campus tour led by one of our Student Ambassadors or join us for an Open House. Get additional information and signup for your visit at http://www.fau.edu/honors/about/visit/.