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.
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