Honors Program
The Honors Program at Wentworth is a community of exceptional students from all majors. The inaugural cohort was selected for the Class of 2025 and included top students in the incoming, first year class. The selection process occurs in March of the given application cycle.
Current Wentworth students who meet certain criteria will be invited to affiliate with the Honors Program once they have an established cumulative GPA after their first year (late fall semester). Students who work to meet the requirements (spring semester) will become official members of the Honors Program. Please note that this process is not automatically renewed, and current WIT students who do not fulfill the requirements toward becoming a member would need to be invited during the next academic year to affiliate.
Learn more about the Honors Program at Wentworth Institute of Technology.
Purpose
- Provide challenging/enriching educational experience beyond traditional classroom.
- Foster culture of intellectual curiosity, creativity, and lifelong learning.
- Offer unique opportunities for research, community engagement, global engagement, and leadership.
- Equip students with skills, knowledge, & values to make meaningful contributions to their fields of study/ society at large.
- Prioritize Inclusive Excellence & High Value Learning via programmatic and academic efforts.
Benefits of the Honors Program
- Be part of a community of bright, curious, hard-working students
- Leadership Speaker Series
- LabTalks
- Enroll in Honors academic courses
- Engage in research projects with Wentworth faculty
- Early/priority registration
- Early admission to Wentworth Co-Ops and Career Fairs
- Strong faculty support as teachers, mentors, advisors, and research participants
- Honors Mentor Program
- Priority consideration for Accelerated Master's Degrees at Wentworth
- An Honors Thematic Residential community (First Year Honors Students)
- $1,000 Honors Scholarship (Available only to Honors Students who became members when accepted to Wentworth)
Connect
If you have questions about the honors program, please feel free to reach out to the Provost's Faculty Fellow for the Honors Program, Dr. Adam Payne, at honors@wit.edu.
Honors Program Council:
Serdar Tumkor, School of Engineering
Keith Zengel, School of Sciences and Humanities
Benjamin Boe, School of Sciences and Humanities
Carlos Villamil, School of Architecture and Design
Aspen Olmsted, School of Computing and Data Sciences
Kushagra Varma, School of Management
Adam Payne, School of Sciences and Humanities
Learn How to Apply
Read more about the application process, timeline, and requirements for how to apply as a First Year or Transfer student.
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