Applying as a Transfer Student

UT Tyler Honors College

Students transferring to UT Tyler have the opportunity to enter the Honors College through a two or three year commitment that focuses on expanding major-specific course work and offers the opportunity to pursue individual research.

Transfer students who enter the Honors College as sophomores will take at least one Honors Core course each semester of their sophomore year before moving into major-specific research their junior year.

Transfer students who join the Honors College at the start of their junior year will begin their time in honors by choosing their Honors Track: Research or Service & Leadership. Students who choose the Research track will contract with faculty members in upper-division courses in their major to complete additional work. Contracts may include an additional project, additional readings, additional meetings with a faculty member, additional research time in the faculty member's lab, etc. Students who choose the Service & Leadership track will identify a local community to serve and begin making plans for the Senior Project.

In the senior year, students in the Research Track will investigate a research question over the course of an academic year and compose either a paper for submission to an undergraduate research journal or a poster for presentation at an undergraduate research conference. Students in the Service & Leadership Track will work with the Honors Coordinator to develop a year-long project to implement in the Honors College, across the UT Tyler campus, or in the East Texas region.  Students in both tracks will also present their Honors Senior Project at the Lyceum.

In order to apply to the Honors College transfer applicants must:

• Have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher from their previous institution.
• Have at least 2 full years of degree coursework remaining (excluding summer semesters)

The Transfer Student Application for Fall 2025 is now open until the end of July. Please note that all applicants who are invited into the Honors College must attend Current/Transfer Student Orientation on Thursday, August 21, 2025, and the Honors College Convocation on Saturday, August 23, 2025.

Please email Dr. Paul Streufert or Codee Scott with any questions or concerns. 

If you are a nursing student, please see the Honors in the Major page for more information about Honors in those majors.