Each year, Binghamton University invites a small number of outstanding incoming first-year students to join the Binghamton University Scholars Program, a highly selective all-University four-year honors program. The Scholars Program provides incoming students of exceptional merit with a broad and flexible program of curricular and extracurricular enrichment to encourage these important goals:

• Community-building and wellness
• Diversity and cultural awareness
• Intellectual curiosity and interdisciplinary thinking
• Leadership and civic engagement
• High-impact learning

The Binghamton University Scholars required curriculum is:

• A shared first-year experience course (SCHL 127 )
• Special topics courses created for, and offered only to, scholars that also typically fulfill general education requirements (SCHL 280/281/282/283)
• A distinctive course promoting leadership and civic engagement (SCHL 227  Community Engagement: Where It Starts, How It Works, and Where You Fit In)
• High-impact learning experiences and culminating projects/experiences in the junior and senior years for scholars (SCHL 327  and SCHL 427  )

Graduates of the Scholars Program earn “President’s Honors” or “All-University Honors” recognition upon graduation, dependent upon completion of program requirements and cumulative grade point average.

All first-year scholars live in the Newing College residential community in the Scholars Learning Community and can remain in scholars’ housing beyond that.