The Cullen College of Engineering and the Honors College jointly offer a program for Honors College students with majors in engineering: the Cullen Honors Program (CHP).

The CHP is a challenging program that encourages a sense of community among Honors students in engineering and provides an improved experience by offering courses tailored to the needs of these capable, enthusiastic students. As an example, the freshman-level CHP courses, beginning with ENGI 1100 Honors, emphasize team-based, project-oriented learning in small classes, restricted to CHP students. These fun, hands-on courses focus on fostering creative, open-ended thinking and engineering design. CHP students will fulfill many required courses in Honors sections of required engineering courses.

Many CHP students will find they are earning internships and other opportunities by virtue of their participation in CHP. In addition, CHP students have access to the Cullen Honors Program listserve to find out about upcoming CHP events, such as meetings with industry representatives, field trips to engineering companies and sporting events and various social events.

To join CHP, students must be accepted into both the Honors College and the Cullen College of Engineering.