University of Pittsburgh Honors College - Structure and Housing

Structure and Housing

Throughout its history, the University Honors College has never been a membership organization, instead allowing participation in its offerings to all motivated university students who have maintained a minimum grade point average. However, incoming freshman are required to meet certain eligibility requirements, including a minimum SAT scores and/or minimum placement test score(s), in order to enroll in honors courses and be eligible for honors community housing. Other continuing students not meeting such requirements may still gain special permission to take UHC classes, which is decided on a case-by-case basis.

Specialized honors "Living Learning Community" housing are provided to house students taking UHC-offered courses in the same residence halls. The first-year University Honors College Living Learning Community was originally located in Litchfield Towers until the 2006-2007 school year, after which it was moved to Forbes Hall. For Fall, 2011, it moved to its current location in west wing of Sutherland Hall and which houses 408 first-year honors students. Living Learning Communities for sophomore and junior students had been maintained in both McCormick Hall and Forbes-Craig halls, but after the 2006-2007 school year, they were consolidated into Forbes-Craig Apartments which houses over 100 honors students and is located directly across from the Carnegie Museum of Art. The Honors College added another 200 beds by establishing Brackenridge Hall as an upperclassman honors dormitory in Fall 2012.