Click here for details. The UH Community Colleges system has four campuses on O ahu and one each on Maui, Kaua i, and Hawai i, making college classes accessible and affordable and easing the transition from high school to college for many students. The campuses, organized under one board, differentially emphasize instruction, research, and service. The system s special distinction is found in its Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific orientation and international leadership role.
All campuses use a semester calendar, with two terms per academic year, plus a summer session.
The regents in turn appoint a president of the University, who also serves as chancellor of the Manoa campus. Students have special opportunities for Asian, Pacific, and Hawaiian educational experiences and involvement in research activities, service learning, and co-curricular activities. University of Hawai i at Manoa has widely recognized strengths in tropical agriculture, 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 oldest UH campus, Manoa began in 1907 as a land-grant college of agriculture and mechanic arts.