University Honors Program Admissions

The Mandel Honors College offers generous scholarship support.  

Admission to Honors involves a holistic review of each applicant. Students in Honors should have taken challenging courses in high school and demonstrate their capacity to maintain a 3.5 GPA in college.

Mandel Honors College admits students to programs for the Fall semester only.

Application Deadlines:

Incoming First-Year:
November 15
January 15
March 17
 
Current College Sophomores: March 17
Current Tri-C Mandel Continuing Scholars: February 15

To apply to Mandel Honors College, first apply to Cleveland State University and check the box to indicate your interest in applying to Honors.

If you have previously applied to CSU and did not indicate interest in Honors OR if you are interested in learning more about Honors, CLICK HERE: https://go.csuohio.edu/register/info

*Applicants to Mandel Honors College must be pursuing their first bachelor's degree. Students who already hold a bachelor's degree are ineligible for consideration.

For questions about the Mandel Continuing Scholars Program, e-mail: mandelcontscholars@csuohio.edu

For all other questions and inquiries, please email: honors.program@csuohio.edu.