Embodying CUNY's commitment to access and academic excellence, Macaulay Honors College offers the advantages of a small, personal liberal arts college with the world-class faculty and resources of a comprehensive, major urban research university. Macaulay students matriculate at one of the eight senior CUNY colleges that comprise the Macaulay consortium, but can also study at any of CUNY's colleges or the CUNY Graduate Center. Macaulay students complete four interdisciplinary City Seminars, exploring from multiple perspectives the city that is the source of our legacy, our vitality, and our opportunities.

Macaulay students learn inside and outside of the classroom, amplifying what they have learned in the classroom by studying abroad, taking an internship in their field, or collaborating with a CUNY faculty member on a high-level research project. Our courses are experiential and collaborative, leading our students to explore the city together with their faculty—engaging the City as both classroom and laboratory. Our students learn and conduct research using the very best tools available and, in turn, share their findings with their peers, their instructors, and real-world audiences. As they graduate with a degree conferred jointly by Macaulay and their home campus, our students have not simply built a résumé; they have learned to pursue an active and productive life of the mind.

Macaulay students and alumni are redefining leadership in myriad ways. Our students are more interested in creating traditions than in merely following them. They seek out and pursue new experiences and reach out to help and mentor students who come along behind them—among other ways through our burgeoning Macaulay Alumni Network.

Macaulay's full-tuition merit scholarship and Opportunities Fund offer students the freedom to follow their passions and to explore the full range of academic offerings on their home campuses and throughout CUNY—without a student debt load that might otherwise inhibit their choices. Macaulay Honors College is committed to providing our students with an unmatched level of advisement and other resources that enable them to pursue their aspirations and make the most of what Macaulay, their home campus, and CUNY have to offer, and to implement their ideas in the real world both as students and graduates. We continually strive to improve and refine our offerings, with each member of the Macaulay team working to create something better for our students every day.

We work to give diverse groups of talented students access to the best qualities of a liberal arts college within a large comprehensive university. Our students draw strength from the rich heritage of diversity found on their various CUNY campuses. All Macaulay students render service to their various communities, and many go beyond these requirements to forge lasting relationships with community organizations. Our students draw meaningful connections between their scholarship and the communities in which we live.