Hawaii State University ( the University of Hawaii)- a state educational institution that prepares bachelors, masters and doctors. The largest university in Hawaii consists of three campuses, seven community colleges, four educational centers, a staff training center and various research centers scattered throughout the state. The state university is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

Universities

Hawaii State University at Manoa
University of Hawaii at Hilo
University of Hawaii at western Oahu

community colleges

Hawaii Community College
Honolulu Community College
Kapiolani Community College
Kauai Community College
Maui Community College
Windward Community College

Master's degree

John A. Burns Medical Institute
Legal Institute William S. Richardson

Research Centers

East West Center
Institute of Astronomy
Botanical Garden of Lyon
Mauna Kea Observatory
Aquarium in Waikiki

Educational centers

Molokai Education Center
Lanai Education Center
Khan Education Center
Waianae Education Center

Hawaii State University at Manoa- without a doubt the largest university and the "face" of all universities in Hawaii. It is located in the Manoa district of Honolulu on the island of Oahu (4 km northwest of downtown Honolulu). It is governed by the Hawaii State Legislature and a 12-member board of trustees. This Council is empowered to elect the President of the University.

The State University, founded in 1907 under the auspices of the Morrill Act, was originally an educational institution that taught the sciences related to agriculture and technology. Today, it is possible to obtain a bachelor's degree in 87 disciplines, a master's degree in 87 disciplines and 63 directions for obtaining a doctorate degree. Currently, the university has over 20,400 students. Of these, about 65% are in training, 57% are Asian or Pacific Islander, and 56% are women.

Hawaii Pacific University (Hawaii Pacific University) is a non-state, non-profit educational institution located in downtown Honolulu. Today, the university, founded in 1965, is the largest non-state educational institution in the entire Pacific region.

The university has two main campuses - one in downtown Honolulu and the other in Hawaii Loa, near the Junction Castle in Kaneohe. The university also has separate campuses at US military bases, including Pearl Harbor, Hickam Air Force Base, Camp Smith, Schoolfield Barracks, Tripler Army Medical Center, and the Hawaiian base at Kaneohe Marine. Moreover, the Ocean Institute actively cooperates with the university, so students can participate in research programs related to marine and ocean disciplines.

The university is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Certification Board and the National League of Nursing. The University of Hawaii Pacific is a member of recognized organizations such as the MDA Executive Board and the National League of Nurses. The university trains junior specialists, bachelors and masters.

GTU is notable for its students, with over 9,000 students from 50 US states and over 100 countries who can choose from over 50 undergraduate and 11 postgraduate academic courses. The main educational areas of the university are nursing and management.

University. Brigham Young University Hawaii- non-governmental, educational institution located in Laia, 56 kilometers from Honolulu. University collaborates with The Church of Jesus Christ of Saints last days(Mormons) and is named after Brigham Young, a religious leader, colonist, the first governor of Utah and the founder of Salt Lake City.

More than 2,400 students from Asia, the Pacific Rim countries, the USA and 70 other countries of the world study at the university. About 50% of students are foreigners.

The central institution of the university is the Polynesian Cultural Center - the largest museum of living Polynesian culture and traditions in the state of Hawaii. Moreover, the Center is the most visited tourist place in Hawaii. More than 30% of university students pay for their education by working at the Center as performers, guides and holding other positions.

University. Brigham Young offers programs in business, education, computers, technology, science and the visual arts, in total 24 areas. The university is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Colleges and Universities Certification Board.

Chaminade University in Honolulu (Chaminade University)- non-state non-profit educational institution, founded in 1955 by the Society of St. Mary (a Roman Catholic order, also known as the Marianists). The university is named after the French priest and founder of the Marianist family, Father William Joseph Haminada.

The university is located in the Kaimuki area. It prepares junior specialists, bachelors and masters in the field of art and science. The university specializes in business, public relations, pedagogy, space design, law, and religious studies. Accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Total students - more than 2750 people.

Agrosy University (Argosy University)- non-state educational institution with branches in 18 US states. In Hawaii, a branch was opened in 1994. Prepares bachelors, masters and doctors.

The university campus is located in downtown Honolulu. There are also distance learning courses on Maui (Hilo) and on the Big Island. The university is accredited by the Higher Education Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges.

Hawaii Tokai International College (Hawaii Tokai International College)- a liberal arts college with a two-year term of study. It is located in Honolulu and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Community and Vocational Colleges Certification Board. Tokai College is the only US college affiliated with the Japanese education system and Tokai University (Japan).

Currently, the college provides training in three areas: a preparatory course for college, a course humanities international courses.

University of Honolulu (Honolulu University) is a non-state, non-profit educational institution that offers both students and graduates distance learning. The university, which was originally called Golden State University, was founded in California by Warren Walker, and in Hawaii it began to exist in the early 90s.

The university is accredited by the Akademie fuer Internationale Kultur- und Wissenschaftsfoerderung (Academy for International Cultural and Scientific Promotion) based in Switzerland. The University of Honolulu is also a member of the International Council for Free and Distance Education. But the university is not accredited by a certification board recognized in the United States.

The teaching model is similar to Excelsior College in New York or the Free University in England, but these two institutions are accredited. The university approach to learning is based on the belief that knowledge can be acquired different ways, and a college's good reputation can be earned based on previous achievements, not accreditation/non-accreditation.

The University of Honolulu produces bachelors, masters and doctors and guarantees employment in the chosen field. Training program University is designed primarily for postgraduate and distance learning.

International College and Master's (the International College and Graduate School) is a non-state Christian college and seminary located in Honolulu. Founded by James R. Cook and J. William Cook in 1971 as international school Honolulu Baptist Church and Western Seminary (a theological institute in Portland, Oregon). This college is accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools.

In 2006, the college changed its name to Hawaiian Theological Seminary which prepares Bachelors of Arts in Biblical Sciences, Masters of Arts in Religion, Masters of Divinity, and Doctors of Priesthood.

Remington College, located in Honolulu, is a non-state educational institution that produces junior specialists and bachelors. The college is accredited by the Independent Colleges and Schools Certification Board. Currently, 538 people are studying here in areas of business, computer science, electronics and medicine. There are 21 more Remington colleges in the United States.

Heald College in Honolulu (Heald College)- non-state, non-profit educational institution. It was founded in 1993 and is located in the Ala Moana area. The college offers education in business, technology and healthcare. The average number of students per semester is 900. You can also find 10 more colleges in this network on the continental United States. The college has regional accreditation.

Founded in 1973 Mitsuru Omori Hawaii Business College (Hawaii Business College) is a non-state educational institution located in Honolulu. Offers training in the fields of business, computer technology and healthcare. Currently, 350 people are studying here. The college is accredited by the Certification Board of Independent Colleges and Schools.

Transatlantic Hawaiian College (TransPacific Hawaii College)- non-state educational institution, part of training centers"ESL". Education for foreign students starts from intensive course English, which usually lasts about six months, and then students move on to regular education, the results of which are the issuance of a diploma junior specialist humanities in 18 months. Further, students can transfer to a regular college or university with a 4-year study period.

The college was founded in 1978 and was originally named Kansai Gaidai College. In 1998, he changed his name, which is still preserved. The college is accredited by the Certification Commission of the Community and professional colleges Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Located in the eastern part of Honolulu, 8 km east of Waikiki. Transatlantic College accepts applications from students with English as a second language who would like to then apply to universities in the United States or another country.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, U.H., is a public co-educational research university as well as the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi system.

It was founded in 1907 as a land-grant college of agriculture and mechanical arts. A destination of choice, students and faculty come from across the nation and the world to take advantage of UH Mānoa's unique research opportunities, diverse community, nationally-ranked Division I athletics program and beautiful landscape.

The university creates, refines, disseminates and perpetuates human knowledge; offers a comprehensive array of undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees through the doctoral level, including law and medicine; carries out advanced research and extends services to the community. Students have special opportunities for Asian, Pacific and Hawaiian educational experiences and involvement in research activities, service learning and co-curricular activities.

The National Science Foundation ranked UH Manoa is the 45th among 395 public universities for Research and Development (R&D) expenditures in the year 2014.

For 2017, UH Mānoa was ranked for the 169th among national universities and tied for the 89th among public universities in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report.

In graduate school rankings for 2016, U.S. News & World Report ranked the School of Medicine tied for the 19th in the country for primary care, the College of Education the 76th, the Law School tied for the 82nd, the School of Nursing tied for the 83rd, the College of Engineering tied for the the 140th, with the Shidler College of Business" part-time MBA program ranked thr 140th in the nation.

Notable alumni of the University of Hawaii at Manoa include oceanographer Bob Ballard (M.S. 1966), businessman Richard Parsons (B.A. 1968), congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (B.A. 1990), congressman Mark Takai (B.A. 1989, M.P.H. 1991), and several U.S. Senators, including Daniel Akaka (B.A. 1952, M.Ed. 1966), Mazie Hirono (B.A. 1970), and Daniel Inouye (B.A. 1950). Additionally, both parents of current U.S. president Barack Obama graduated from the university.

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Today, the primary facet of the University consists of the four Colleges of Arts and Sciences: Arts and Humanities, Languages, Literature and Linguistics, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences. The college of agriculture and mechanical arts is now the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, one of the few agricultural colleges in the United States focused on the tropics.

UH Mānoa is home to two of the state's most prominent professional schools. The William S. Richardson School of Law and the School of Medicine are the only law and medical schools in Hawaiʻi. The Center for Hawaiian Studies provides excellence in the pursuit of knowledge concerning the Native people of Hawaii.

The UH is relatively easy to get in, its acceptance rate is about 79%. The most popular majors among students are registered nursing; psychology; speech communication and rhetoric.

Besides, UH Manoa has widely recognized strengths in tropical medicine, oceanography, astronomy, electrical engineering, volcanology, evolutionary biology, comparative philosophy, comparative religion, Hawaiian studies, Asian studies, Pacific Islands studies, and Asian and Pacific region public health. UH Manoa offers instruction in more languages ​​than any U.S. institution outside the Department of State.

"The sun, air and water are our best friends." This proverb will be fully felt by those who go to get higher education in the Hawaiian Islands. It is known that the first person to set foot on the land of these islands was a Polynesian. Linguistic and anthropological studies prove that the first settlers arrived on the islands from the northern part of Tahiti. And already in the XIII-XIV centuries, a huge flow of immigrants from Tahiti swallowed up the local natives.
A bit about the history of the islands
Captain James Cook, who, to the surprise of many, is famous not only for being the food of the natives, but also for being the great conqueror of the seas and the discoverer of the Pacific Islands, stumbled upon the Hawaiian Islands in 1778. From that moment on, the isolation of the islands from the rest of the world came to an end. Naturally, a stream of adventurers and a better life from all over the world, in particular from Europe, and later from the USA. Under the onslaught of new trends, cultures, commercialization and disease, the traditional Hawaiian culture began to gradually disappear.

In the 19th century, the Hawaiian Islands were a tasty morsel for many European countries. Thus, the Hawaiian sugar planters, who in fact rule the islands, began to seek political asylum from the US, which was gaining strength. And from an economic point of view, it was very profitable, since American investments poured into this country like a stormy river. However, over time, the growing political influence of the United States and local royalty came into confrontation. In an unequal struggle, after the failure of several uprisings of local residents, the Hawaiian Republic was created in 1894, and already in 1900 it became part of the United States. And since 1959, Hawaii has become the 50th US state with its own administration and state system.

Currently, Hawaii is a thriving independent state of the United States of America, with its own administrative, judicial and executive system. It has the state of Hawaii and its developed education system, including higher education.
The University of Hawaii is the state's premier institution of higher education.
When we say Hawaiian higher education, we mean the University of Hawaii. The truly unique geographical location and cultural heritage of the University of Hawaii makes this university very attractive to many students not only from the American continent, but from all over the world.

The University of Hawaii traces its history back to the founding of the Agricultural College in 1907. The college was founded with American funds under a patronage agreement between the Hawaiian Islands and the United States. And already in 1920, the college grew and was renamed the University of Hawaii.

The University of Hawaii currently has ten educational institutions different levels, located on the six largest islands.

Education at the university is carried out at all academic levels according to various specializations. The list of university faculties is truly impressive: from zoology and engineering to dramatic art and philosophy, from medicine and business to information technology and foreign languages. Almost all areas of specialization are represented at the university. It is impossible to list them all, there are more than six hundred of them. In total, the university offers education in 122 specializations at the bachelor's level, 91 specializations at the master's level and 52 specializations at the doctoral level. In addition, the university has many programs, after which you can get diplomas, certificates, as well as advanced training courses.

Both the student and teaching staff at the University of Hawaii are extremely diverse in their own way. ethnic composition. Despite the fact that the main contingent of teachers comes from the United States, many professors come from Japan and other countries from around the world.

The student body is also very diverse. Hawaii attracts students from all over the world. It should be noted that only 13% of the residents of Hawaii directly study at the university. Naturally, there are many students from the USA. Of the foreign students, the Japanese are the most attracted to the islands. There is a considerable share of them at the university - 17%. Chinese students, who make up a large proportion of foreign students at many universities around the world, make up about 6% at the University of Hawaii. Currently, more than 250 thousand people living not only in the USA, but also in 80 countries of the world are graduates of the University of Hawaii. Former students, united in the University of Hawaii Alumni Association, communicate not only on a business level, but also on a more intimate level.

The cost of studying at the University of Hawaii depends on the level of academic study and specialization. On average, one semester at the bachelor’s level will cost a foreign student $5,000, and for a master’s degree, depending on the specialty, $5–8,000. the highest cost of education is at the Faculty of Medicine - over 14 thousand US dollars per semester.

The academic year usually starts at the end of August and consists of three semesters. However, the exact schedule and schedules of the educational process in each of the ten campuses of the university are different.

Like every self-respecting university, the University of Hawaii conducts and Scientific research in different areas. The University of Hawaii has several research institutes: Center for Cancer Control, Institute of Geophysics and Paleontology, Institute of Marine Biology, Institute of Astronomy, Research Center water resources, Pacific Biomedical Research Center and many others. This may be especially interesting for young Russian graduate students. It is for them that the university has various research programs, as well as financial grants for their projects.

In addition to the direct educational process, studying in Hawaii is distinguished by a variety of cultural life and activities for students. Each of the ten campuses of the university has its own flavor. In addition to differences in the range of specializations offered and the level of academic programs, each campus has its own system of cultural, sports, and simply entertainment events. Everyone will find something to do in their free time on any of the campuses of the university. In addition, excellent beaches, a mecca for lovers aquatic species sports, in particular surfing, flat warm weather all year round and unique flora and fauna attract thousands of tourists from all over the world to the islands.

However, the University of Hawaii is not only about studying in pleasant climatic conditions and holiday every day. It's also about the quality of education. Academic degrees and diplomas received at the university are highly rated not only in the United States, but throughout the world. University teachers have received numerous awards and medals for high level teaching.

In addition, the University of Hawaii is also a center for the development of high technologies. It was at the university that the first on the islands appeared high speed internet. Moreover, the university allocates huge funds for developments in the field of high technologies and innovations. Interestingly, the University of Hawaii has the largest telescope in the world.

Regarding the procedure for admission of foreign students to any of the faculties University of Hawaii, then it is no different from the procedures in other US universities. All foreign students must provide a standard set of documents, letters of recommendation, and also have the results of an exam for the level of English proficiency TOEFL. Since Hawaii is a US state, you must obtain a student visa at the US Consulate in the Russian Federation.

Where to find out more

For more information on pursuing higher education at various academic levels at the University of Hawaii, please visit the university's official website www.hawaii.edu. There you can also find the contact addresses and phone numbers of any of the ten educational institutions that are part of the university.