The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University is the first public honors institution to be built from the ground up in the United States. It recently received the highest rating given to honors programs across the nation. The Honors College provides students an outstanding liberal arts education and shares the campus with two of the world's premier research centers, Scripps Florida and the Max Planck Institute for Neuroscience. As a public institution, the Honors College offers an affordable, quality education in a residential and intimate setting, making it an outstanding value.