Rising above the Raritan River on the historic College Avenue Campus, the Honors College combines residences for first year students with the advising and administrative offices of the College, apartments for live-in faculty fellows, high-tech seminar rooms, and special lounges and study areas throughout the building. There are small reading nooks, group study tables, a café with a fireplace and coffee bar, a central grass courtyard with walkways and loose furniture, and an outdoor terrace overlooking the Raritan River.
The new Honors College lies at the core of Rutgers' mission to bring the highest achieving students from across the university into one innovative community and represents the first component completed under The College Avenue Redevelopment Initiative with Rutgers University.