Office of Honors and Scholarships

Scholarship recipients are placed in the Freshman Honors Program (FHP), a specially designed liberal arts curriculum of interrelated classes that satisfy core requirements and incorporate experiences that integrate the work students do in these classes. The Freshman Honors Program provides a half in-state tuition scholarship for up to 8 semesters, as well as a peer cohort with supplemental course related field trips and honors courses. High School students are encouraged to apply when submitting their Queens College application.

For more information about the program click the following link: https://www.qc.cuny.edu/academics/ohs/freshman-honors-program/

Please email questions to: qc_honors@qc.cuny.edu

Macaulay Honors College is the honors college of the City University of New York which inspires and prepares high achieving students to solve challenges facing New York City and the global community. Students receive a full-tuition scholarship, dual degree from Macaulay Honors College and Queens College, and resources to study abroad and internship opportunities.

Interested in learning more? Visit our website: https://www.qc.cuny.edu/academics/mhc/

Please email questions to: Macaulay@qc.cuny.edu

The Mellon Mays fellowship program accepts students from under-represented populations and others who have a demonstrated commitment to eradicating racial disparities. Students have the opportunity to take part in a summer intensive program in writing and research seminars, a seminar in the fall and spring semesters of their junior year to prepare for graduate school applications, and create a research project under a faculty assisting in graduate applications.

Interested in learning more? Here is our link: https://www.qc.cuny.edu/academics/mmuf/

Please email questions to: Qcmellonmays@qc.cuny.edu

The Transfer Honors Program (THP) helps our students maintain scholarly momentum from their first colleges, embark on high-level coursework, partake in individualized research, and to ask the big questions in their respective fields. Students receive scholarships at two levels, half tuition and full tuition (NY resident tuition rate), for the four-semester duration of their studies at Queens College. Students also receive academic advising, early registration for courses, and priority consideration for competitive majors and honors programs.

Interested in learning more? Here is our link: https://www.qc.cuny.edu/academics/ohs/transfer-honors-program/

Please email questions to: Transferhonors@qc.cuny.edu