The Bachelor Honours Programme: for ambitious and Motivated bachelor students who want to distinguish themselves.
The Bachelor Honours programme is an extracurricular broadening programme of 30 EC in which ambitious and motivated students are challenged to enrich their knowledge, skills, attitude, cooperation, and experiences outside their own study discipline. The programme starts every year in February and is aimed at the top 10% of students. In 1.5 years, 6 modules, each Honours student participates in one of our 5 multidisciplinary tracks in which they are encouraged to develop themselves in a setting comprised of passionate teachers and a diverse community of peers.
Every track consists of six courses of which lectures take place on the Monday and Wednesday evenings (18:15 - 20:00). Unlike regular lectures, Honours sessions take place in small groups of diverse students guided by the best teachers and researchers the University of Twente has to offer. Next to these track-specific sessions, all Honours students get to meet and interact with one another through dedicated Bachelor Honours Plenary Sessions once every module and our active Honours Community.
FOR AMBITIOUS AND MOTIVATED STUDENTS
The Bachelor Honours programme is worth 30 EC (6 courses of 5 EC), meaning that the average workload of partaking in the programme is about 10-14 hours per week. This is a significant increase in workload on top of a regular Bachelor programme that students have to take into account. However, experience shows that students who meet our admission requirements and have sufficient motivation should be able to successfully finish both their regular studies and their Honours programme without any study delays. Students who successfully complete the Bachelor Honours programme receive the Honours Certificate and Honours Pin; all Honours courses are also added to your Bachelor study transcript.
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Upcoming Bachelor Honours Events
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A few of our many extra (optional) activities at Honours
Dutch Honours Conference
Get inspired and connect with Honours students, alumni and teachers on a national level, powered by the Dutch Honours Community.
4TU Honours Challenge
A hackathon with real business cases, in collaboration with the Honours programmes of the 4 Dutch technical universities.
Plenary Sessions
Get to know the Honours Community, exchange bright ideas and inspire each other at the quarterly Plenary Sessions!
Intercultural Competences micro-module and challenge
Engage in the Intercultural Competences micro-module and challenge (UTwente Honours programmes spin-offs for the ECIU University) to meet and collaborate with students across Europe and develop your professional skills!
Honours Team @Create Tomorrow
Be part of the Honours Team, participating in Create Tomorrow, the world's largest student think tank.
Study trips with H.V. Ockham
Discover the world of science and technology, meet new friends and get to know a new culture in a European country.
Honours in shortWant to know more about the Honours programme, watch our short video!
The Negotiation Challenge 2024 @Twente
The international negotiation competition TNC 2024 is taking place in Twente in April 2024! Cheer on our Great Negotiators Honours team as they take on the best student negotiation teams in the world!
Netherlands - Asia Honours Summer School
Join the NAHSS to enlighten yourself on the facets of Southeast Asia and China through knowledge exchange and personal experience. This unique opportunity includes a preparatory trajectory and a study trip to Southeast Asia/China.
Waddenlab
Join the Waddenlab for an engaging adventure sailing on the Dutch Wadden Sea. By working in multidisciplinary teams of Honours students and teachers, you discover the complexity of the region and investigate methods of preservation.
15 Years of Honours Conference
This year we celebrate 15 Years of Honours education in the Netherlands with a conference celebration in Enschede in June 2024!
