University Scholars
BUILDING BRIDGES TO YOUR FUTURE
The University Scholars major allows high-ability students to chart their personalized educational journey in close consultation with faculty advisers and mentors. The UNSC major fosters a love of interdisciplinary discourse in the Liberal Arts and Sciences that affirms the student’s unlimited potential in the rich academic and co-curricular offerings of Baylor University.
Why Choose University Scholars
University Scholars offers exceptional students the freedom to shape their own course of study within a rigorous liberal arts framework. Without traditional major or minor requirements, students design individualized curricula that reflect their intellectual passions, guided by close faculty mentorship and supported by the academic resources of Baylor’s Honors College.
I chose University Scholars because it gave me the flexibility to think creatively and build each semester around a theme I cared about, like social justice or international development,” Jarvis said. “Being able to approach a single topic from multiple disciplines helped me think more holistically about the world’s most pressing challenges.
University Scholars News
Baylor University students and recent graduates continue to be awarded the most prestigious scholarships and fellowships at the national and international levels – winning Fulbright U.S. Student Grants and Rotary Global Grants.
Honors College graduates Ashleigh Jarrous, Isabel Kau, and Kristen Nakamura, were recently named the 2025 recipients of the F. Ray Wilson Award for Best Thesis, a recognition that celebrates excellence in the scholarship of undergraduate thesis writers in Baylor’s Honors Program.
University Scholar Abhinav Rajkumar joins researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Heart Institute for life-saving medical research
Far from a one-size-fits-all approach, Baylor’s Honors College offers five appealing academic opportunities that elevate undergraduate education, each in its own way. Inspiring, interdisciplinary curricula help students explore, with breadth and depth, the most important questions, urgent issues, and powerful insights that arise within and across specialized disciplines. The Honors College enables students to realize their unique possibilities in an academic community that is both inviting and fulfilling.