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The University of Hawaiʻi System includes ten campuses and educational, training, and research centers across the Hawaiian Islands. As the public system of higher education in Hawaiʻi, UH offers unique and diverse opportunities. Hawaiʻi’s position between east and west, in the middle of the Pacific, creates opportunities for international leadership and influence. Asia/Pacific expertise permeates the university’s activities. The 10 UH campuses and educational centers on six Hawaiian Islands provide opportunities for both learning and recreation. UH, academic offerings range from certificate and vocational through doctoral programs. UH is the state’s leading engine for economic growth and diversification, stimulating the local economy with jobs, research, and skilled workers. There are many federal, state, and private resources available to help fund your education at any of our ten campuses. Financial aid offices at each campus have professional staff members to administer these programs and advise students and families regarding the financial aid and scholarship opportunities available to them throughout the UH System. Under the Federal Work-Study Program, you can work part-time to earn money for your education. The FWS Program provides part-time employment while you are enrolled in school, helps pay your educational expenses, is available to undergraduate and graduate students, available to full-time or part-time students, administered by schools participating in the FWS Program, and encourages community service work and work related to your course of study, whenever possible. The University of Hawaiʻi offers various scholarship opportunities and grants to regular students attending any of the ten UH campuses. UH, as a whole, awards more than $37 million in scholarship assistance. Scholarship programs are need-based and determined by academic achievement, chosen major, geography, or other criteria. The University of Hawaiʻi campuses are consistently rated as some of the most affordable colleges in the United States. Tuition and fees vary from campus to campus, and actual costs will depend on program, residency, living arrangements, and lifestyle. Distance learning gives students access to education through audio, video, and computer technologies without being physically present in the same location as an instructor. View full university

Established in 1907, the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa is the largest and oldest of the 10 UH campuses. Mānoa offers hundreds of undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees, a strong, vital research program, and nationally ranked NCAA Division I athletics. UH, Mānoa, is a research university of international standings. It has widely recognized strengths in tropical agriculture, tropical medicine, oceanography, astronomy, electrical engineering, volcanology, evolutionary biology, comparative philosophy, comparative religion, Hawaiian studies, Pacific Islands studies, Asian studies, and Pacific and Asian regional public health. The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa is a world-class university providing affordable, quality higher education to the people of Hawai'i and conducting pioneering research to address critical issues facing the state. UH, Mānoa continues to be an excellent value with tuition more than $4,000 below the national average for a public university, according to the U.S. Department of Education, and one of the reasons why Hawai'i, compared to the other states, has one of the country's lowest rates of student debt. The flagship campus of the UH System is consistently ranked in the top 1.5 percent nationally and internationally. UH, Mānoa is 115 R1: Research Universities, considered the top tier in the country, and one of a handful of land-, sea- and space-grant institutions. It is a global leader in the earth and environmental sciences, consistently ranked among the top 15 universities internationally, ahead of some of the world's most prestigious schools. UH, Mānoa researchers provide world-class expertise to local leaders on important issues, including sustainability, climate, food systems, and Hawai'i's unique health issues. Committed to being the leading indigenous serving university in the country, UH Mānoa proudly delivers a unique multicultural global experience in a Hawaiian place of learning, with a long history of adherence to sustainability principles and the essence of aloha—truly like nowhere else on earth. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, "The University of Hawaii-Manoa is the most diverse university in terms of students and faculty, with a student-body Diversity Index of 76 — a full 22 points greater than the index for the U.S. population as of 2010 — and a faculty index of 61." One of only a handful of universities nationwide to distinguish being land-, sea-, and space-grant institution, UH Mānoa is ranked in the top 50 public universities in research expenditures by the National Science Foundation. The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa maintains a vibrant and active research program with more than $300 million in new extramural funds for research in 2014. UH, Mānoa's faculty includes members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Institute of Medicine. Classified by the Carnegie Foundation as having "very high research activity," UH Mānoa is known for its pioneering research in such fields as oceanography, astronomy, Pacific Islands and Asian area studies, linguistics, cancer research, and genetics. UH, Mānoa is a top public research university accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and known for its diversity and excellence in academics, athletics, and community involvement. At UH Mānoa, we offer more than 200-degree programs through 18 colleges and schools. In oceanography, astronomy, international business, Pacific Islands and Asian area studies, earth science, marine biology, and library and information science are ranked among the nation's best. Our Asia and Pacific collections in Hamilton Library are among the many academic and other resources that make UH Mānoa a destination of choice for students, faculty, and researchers from around the world. Graduate Division (previously, Office of Graduate Education) provides opportunities for further study, research, and professional training to students who have earned a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher learning. All of the graduate programs at UHM apply rigorous academic standards. Particular emphasis is placed on the cultivation of scholarly attitudes and methods of research and creative activity. UH, Mānoa student life offers exciting opportunities to establish lifelong friendships and memories you will never forget. The campus has hundreds of extracurricular recreational, cultural, and learning opportunities to enhance your education, your daily life, and your safety and overall health and wellness. Our on-campus food and housing options also allow you to stay healthy and have fun while you are at it. Life at UH Mānoa is never dull, especially if you join one of the 200-plus student clubs and organizations dedicated to a range of themes and pursuits—from religious topics and social and political issues to arts and culture, community service, academic, and other activities. The campus offers sports and recreation opportunities, including intramural and Division I varsity sports, student publications, media outlets, on- and off-campus internships and employment opportunities, and study abroad programs worldwide. Students also enjoy concerts, cookouts, recitals, ethnic performances, and celebrations throughout the year. The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa was founded in 1907 under the Morrill Act as a land-grant college of agriculture and mechanic arts. Regular classes began the following year with President John Gilmore at the helm and five newcomers, five preparatory students, and 13 faculty in temporary quarters near Honolulu's Thomas Square. In 1912 the newly-named College of Hawaiʻi relocated to Mānoa Valley, and the first permanent building—known today as Hawaiʻi Hall—was erected amid pig farms and kiawe groves. View full university

UH, Hilo will prepare you well to make lifelong contributions to your community, the State, and the world as you build a prosperous future. Classwork, extracurricular activities, and recreational time at UH Hilo are greatly enriched by our diverse university community of local, mainland, and international students, living and learning together in a harmonious and safe environment. The surrounding island community, rooted in a history of agriculture, is one of the most ethnically diverse countries. The island landscape is also extraordinarily diverse with snow-capped mountains, windy deserts, lush rainforests, endangered coral reefs, protective estuaries, active volcanoes, and more. Most importantly, we live on an island home to our indigenous host culture, and everything we do is infused with Native Hawaiian values of cultural knowledge and language. In addition to classroom study, there are many opportunities for internships, collaborative research with professors, and community outreach. These are the kinds of experiences that enhance professional prospects. The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is characterized as a comprehensive, regional university. Scholarship and research are an essential part of faculty work and student engagement, but the primary focus is on providing high-quality baccalaureate and limited postgraduate education. While UH Hilo actively recruits residents of Hawaiʻi Island, its programs are also attractive to prospective students from other islands, the mainland U.S., and internationally. Students across the State may select UH Hilo not only for its distinctive undergraduate programs but for its rural setting, its intimate character, or for an interest in leaving home without leaving the State. UH, Hilo offers two Ph. D. programs, the Doctor of Pharmacy, three master's programs unique in the UH system, and the Doctorate of Nursing Practice program with a rural focus. UH, Hilo will continue to offer its unique programs and efforts at the postgraduate level while maintaining these graduate programs' quality and relevance and ensuring appropriate enrollments for the foreseeable future. At the University of Hawaiʻi Hilo, we find our inspiration in the unique community and excellent environment surrounding us every day. If there was ever a place to be inspired, this is it. Join us, and find what inspires you. The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo places as its number one priority a commitment to academic excellence. This dedication to quality education can be found in each of the six colleges, with many programs and activities not found anywhere else in the world. Where else will you find Computer Science students placing in the top six percent on national computer science exams, studying alongside Hawaiian Studies students who are working their way toward the only master's degree in an indigenous language offered in the nation? The International Student Services & Intercultural Education (ISS & IE) program has two primary missions. The first is to help international students clarify and attain their academic and personal goals while complying with their immigration status regulations. ISS & IE serves as an interface between UH Hilo and international students to facilitate communication, understanding, and appreciation. The second mission is to facilitate and assist all students at UH Hilo, regardless of national origin, developing intercultural competence. Ultimately, international education goals are to advance learning and scholarship and increase intercultural awareness, understanding, and competency in our increasingly global community. On Hawai'i Island, inspiration is everywhere in the land, sky, and sea, in the people we meet on forest trails, local markets, and our classrooms. Built on the coastal slopes of the world's largest mountain and centered in the Pacific Ocean, the University of Hawai'i Hilo challenges empowers and inspires our students. As a university community, we draw our inspiration from the people we call 'ohana, and the island we call home. In Hawai'i, we know the land, the 'āina, sustains us. The earth is more than a resource. It is our source of life. Surrounded by an incredible combination of high mountains and deep ocean, lush rainforest and arid fields of lava, we are inspired to understand our world through bold scholarship and care for our environment through a responsible relationship with our living earth and the community of life it sustains. Courageous voyagers discovered our island home, and their legacy inspires us to follow in the wake of their double-hulled canoes. A UH Hilo education is designed for discovery from sea stars to supernovae; our focus on hands-on learning allows our students and expert faculty to discover the world together. Research in the field, internships with local businesses and organizations, small class sizes that encourage the honest exchange of ideas, and our university supported exchange programs all come together to inspire our students to discover their talents and passions by exploring the world. Getting to and from campus can be done by the county bus, sharing a ride, car, bike, or walking. The county bus, which stops on campus throughout the day, also travels throughout the Big Island, enabling students to visit the Big Island's rich and varied cultural and outdoor activities and attractions. View full university

Brigham Young University, Hawaii, is the preeminent international center of learning in the Pacific. Its small campus is a unique laboratory of intercultural leadership development, where a diverse population of 2,500 students representing over 70 countries live, study, and work together. Small classes taught by expert faculty empower students to master a challenging and relevant curriculum. At the same time, affordable tuition, financial aid, and online study options make this valuable education more accessible than ever. Operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a total BYU–Hawaii education involves not only intellectual learning and career preparation, but also moral, ethical, and spiritual enrichment. All the while, students enjoy living and learning in one of the most beautiful places on earth. Graduates go forth to serve, prepared to promote peace and prosperity as leaders worldwide. View full university

Hawai'i Pacific University is an international learning community set in the rich cultural context of Hawai'i. Students from around the world join us for an American education built on a liberal arts foundation. Our innovative undergraduate and graduate programs anticipate the community's changing needs and prepare our graduates to live, work, and learn as active members of a global society. Hawai'i Pacific will be consistently ranked among the United States' top 10 Western, independent, comprehensive universities, leveraging its geographic position between the Western and Eastern hemispheres and its relationships around the Pacific Rim to deliver an educational experience distinct among American campuses. The faculty, staff, students and overall university community of Hawai'i Pacific embrace the following values as representative of the spiritual, ethical, and philosophical principles that support our community, as well as of the aspirational ideals to which we collectively aspire. The Accrediting Commission accredits Hawai'i Pacific University for Senior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). It has several additional accreditations and memberships from nationally recognized groups. With the excitement of an urban downtown campus, the serenity of the Ko'olau mountains, and an Oceanic Institute bordering the ocean, HPU's campuses are as diverse as its students. With students from all 50 states and 65 countries, HPU is one of the world's most culturally diverse universities. Hawai'i Pacific University (HPU) has received several accolades for academic excellence, international diversity, and the affordability of the private education we offer.HPU prides itself on its transparency as an institution and for its concern for the well-being and fair treatment of all its students. Learn more about the Student Right-to-Know Act. HPU is committed to excellence in student achievement. By employing innovative teaching and learning strategies and experiential approaches rooted in our tropical island community, we ensure that our students cultivate the knowledge, skills, and values expected of all educated citizens. We provide them with a liberal arts foundation set in the rich cultural context of Hawai'i by offering diverse courses outside the major that inspire lifelong learning and introduce students to ideas, perspectives, and experiences relevant to their lives. We also prepare them for the unique challenges and opportunities of the 21st century by offering courses within the major that facilitate the learning and mastery of the concepts, theories, and methods of their chosen disciplines. Finally, we encourage engagement in the HPU and local community by providing a rich array of co-curricular activities that shine a spotlight on our unique cultural traditions, exquisite natural surroundings, and a generous spirit of aloha. The HPU College of Business is committed to maximizing our location in Honolulu's global crossroads through partnerships, real-world projects, faculty with strong professional and academic backgrounds, and a student population that is one of the most diverse in any university, representing more than 65 countries. The College of Health and Society prepares students for real-world experiences in nursing, Public Health, and Social Work through hands-on learning in applied practice settings. Through this educational approach, students can enhance the communities around them while becoming the next generation of healthcare leaders. We live in an exciting time of change and innovation, in which formerly impregnable boundaries are breaking down on almost a daily basis. A liberal arts education from HPU creates prepared professionals ready to take the forefront in various roles at the crossroads of global society, providing for endless opportunity. HPU's student-centered sciences college offers unparalleled opportunities in the middle of the Hawaiian archipelago. Experts teach diverse program offerings in the natural sciences, mathematics, and computer sciences in the field. Our marine laboratory at the Oceanic Institute provides unmatched hands-on training and research opportunity. Hawaii 'i Pacific University believes that academic advising is an integral part of a student's educational experience. As advisors, we are committed to preparing students for success in the academic setting by assisting students.Is in the development of skills to define and achieve their academic goals. Our cohort advising model enables students to develop a collaborative working relationship with a professional advisor. Through mentorship, students can define and implement sound educational plans consistent with their values, goals, and career plans. In the 1960s, two small liberal arts colleges were founded by community members recognizing a need for private education in our newly formed state of Hawai'i. In 1992, a picturesque Windward college merged with a downtown university, uniting two academically strong institutions' strengths.In 2014, the Oceanic Institute formally merged with the university, bringing additional multi-disciplinary research opportunities to HPU faculty and students. Aloha Tower Marketplace's 2015 revitalization includes oceanfront dorms and community gathering spaces. We are proud to offer our students a traditional college experience through the Hawaii Loa Campus, connect them with Hawai'i's business center via our downtown campus, and provide innovative learning environments through the Oceanic Institute of HPU and Aloha Tower Marketplace. Despite expanding mauka to the metro to makai, HPU continues to search for new ways to better serve our students by redefining the frontier of higher education. 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Welcome to Asia Pacific International School, Hawaii Campus! Asia Pacific International School (APIS) is a private, non-profit school, fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). APIS is not the first school to recognize the importance of global mission and vision in education. While almost all schools teach about matters beyond their boundaries, most schools do not operate in any meaningful way outside of them to provide an authentic, contextually global educational experience. APIS is different. Moving away from the traditional educational paradigm, APIS has created a global network of campuses under one school — our East Asia campus in Seoul, Korea, and our campus of the West in North Shore (Hauula), Hawaii — offering a unique educational opportunity to draw from the advantages of both the East and the West. Imagine the possibilities! A student from our Hawaii campus could spend a semester studying at the Seoul campus, taking advantage of its East Asian language program, and interning at a leading IT lab in Korea. A student from our Seoul campus could come to Hawaii to do a research project on eco-farming, natural resource management, marine biology, and conservation. Shared curricular emphases across the Seoul and Hawaii campuses ensure that APIS is one integrated learning community. At the same time, each campus will have its curricular specializations and emphases. For example, our 97-acre APIS Hawaii campus, nestled against an emerald mountain backdrop and overlooking the Pacific Ocean, is a residential boarding school serving middle and high school students (grades 5-12). This campus will feature the "New Pacific Century Academy (NPC Academy)," an innovative, student-directed, educational program, which will serve as our center of project-based, experiential, and service-learning. Topics that students could explore include air and water quality, entrepreneurship and social responsibility, endangered species, and building a sustainable future. APIS is committed to small class size (average of 15 students per class) and a low faculty to student ratio (1:10). Currently, 100 percent of our graduates go on to four-year colleges and universities, matriculating from top institutions such as Stanford, Cornell, Wash U, NYU, Williams, RISD, and Duke. Finally, APIS is a Christ-centered school. APIS's religious affiliation is non-denominational Christian and welcomes students from all religious and cultural backgrounds. APIS places great value on our community's spiritual health and the academic vitality to nurture caring global citizens, who will be leaders of the New Pacific Century. As a college preparatory institution, APIS strives for academic excellence. Our goal is to provide our students with the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed at top universities in the United States and worldwide and success in the 21st Century workplace. The goal of curriculum design at APIS is to improve student learning by using current teaching methodologies based on the latest educational research. The backbone of achieving the vision is a coherent, comprehensive, and spiral curriculum based on standards and benchmarks, coupled with the very best instructional practices. Moving away from the traditional educational paradigm, APIS has created a global network of campuses under one school — our East Asia campus in Seoul, Korea, and our campus of the West in North Shore (Hauula), Hawaii — offering a unique educational opportunity to draw from the advantages of both the East and the West. APIS has: Two campuses, strategically located to offer students exposure to and benefit both the East and the West. A distinguished and passionate teaching staff recruited from the finest universities in North America and the world. An intimate, family-like learning environment with a 1:10 teacher-to-student ratio. A rigorous, international curriculum. A commitment to nurturing students' unique talents through opportunities in the arts. In-school and after-school support for students who need extra academic assistance. A loving and caring Christian environment where students from all religious and cultural backgrounds can be nurtured together to work toward intellectual, spiritual, and personal maturity. A resource-rich learning environment, including high-speed wireless access and the most up-to-date tech tools in every classroom, Environmental and Agricultural Science Center, and a 97-acre Hawaii campus, provides numerous outdoor learning opportunities. View full school