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Honors College

Honors College Exterior

Overview

The Honors College opened its doors in 2015 and houses 500 first-year Honors College students every year. The Honors College draws its students from six undergraduate schools across Rutgers–New Brunswick and is centered in the new building, which includes seminar rooms, advising and administrative offices, faculty apartments, and large lounges and programming spaces on site in addition to housing for all first-year Honors College students. For more information about the Honors College, please visit: honorscollege.rutgers.edu

  • Type of Residence Hall: Traditional Hall
  • Number of Students: 542
  • Number of Floors: 5 (4 residential)
  • Average Room Size: Varies
  • Availability: First-Year Honors College Students
  • Contract Type: Undergraduate Academic Year (Two semesters)
What's Nearby?

Adjacent to the new Academic Building and the classrooms on Voorhees Mall. The Honors College is also a short walk from the Student Activities Center and convenience store, the Rutgers Student Center, Brower Commons Dining Hall, the College Avenue Gym, Health Services, and both Alexander and Zimmerli libraries. Also within convenient walking distance of downtown New Brunswick and Easton Avenue shops and restaurants.

Features & Amenities

  • Air conditioning
  • Vending machines
  • Wifi throughout the building
  • Laundry facility
  • Coffee bar
  • Outdoor courtyard
  • Seminar rooms
  • Innovation lab/maker space
  • Honors College office suite
  • Building main lounge
  • Building study lounge
  • Active/working fireplace
  • Floor lounge(s)
  • Pool table, Ping pong table
  • Communal kitchen with oven (no stovetop) (one in the building)
  • Communal microwave, sink
  • Communal bathroom (separated by gender)
  • Communal bathroom (gender neutral)
  • Silver LEED building (air conditioning ranges from 72-75 for cooling and heating)
  • Elevator
  • Ramp leading into building an entranceway
  • Automated building entrance doors

What's included in my space?

What’s included in my room?

  • Twin extra long bed and mattress
  • Wardrobe
  • Dresser
  • Desk
  • Chair
  • Microfridge
  • Window shades
  • Wifi in bedrooms
  • Carpeted flooring
  • Beds have the ability to be bunked (not lofted)

Room Photos

Honors College Shower Honors College Classroom Set-Up Honors College Fireplace Honors College Floor Lounge Chairs and Tables Honors College Floor Lounge Honors College Communal Kitchen Honors College Communal Kitchen Details Honors College Laundry Honors College Main Lounge Decor Honors College Main Lounge Chairs Honors College Main Lounge Tables Honors College Main Lounge Sitting Area Honors College Room Set-Up Honors College Room Set-Up Bed Honors College Room Set-Up Bed #2

Floor Plans

Traditional Double Floorplan Traditional Single Floorplan

Contact and Location

Staff Members

Shawn Lawson Jr., Taqiya Ehsan