University of Hawaiʻi

The University of Hawaiʻi (UH) is the public system of higher education for the State of Hawaiʻi, with three universities, seven community colleges and education centers across six Hawaiian Islands. For the maritime community it offers undergraduate marine science and aquaculture programs at UH Hilo, a Marine Options Program and marine training center at Honolulu Community College, and the state's largest trades apprenticeship program. Its mission names land and sea among the islands' critical resources, and its system-level research office includes the Applied Research Laboratory at the University of Hawaiʻi.

What they offer

• Marine science degrees: B.A. and B.S. in Marine Science and a Minor in Marine Science at UH Hilo, with coursework in oceanography, coral reefs, marine biology, marine ecology and fishes.
• Marine Option Program: a 14-credit certificate at UH Hilo combining marine coursework with scientific diving, boating, marine mammal and sea turtle research and marine surveying; a Marine Options Program certificate is also offered at Honolulu Community College.
• Aquaculture: a 17-credit Aquaculture Certificate and a B.S. in Agriculture with an Aquaculture Specialty from UH Hilo's College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management, covering hatchery, growout, water quality and aquaculture engineering.
• Marine and trades training: Honolulu Community College's Marine Education and Training Center at Sand Island, Welding Technology programs, and apprenticeship instruction for boilermakers, steam fitter welders, sheet metal workers, ironworkers and electricians.

Markets served

Students and the workforce of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific, including marine research, aquaculture and fisheries, and the construction and mechanical trades.

Locations

• System office: 2444 Dole Street, Honolulu
• University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo: 200 W Kawili Street, Hilo
• Honolulu Community College: 874 Dillingham Boulevard, Honolulu, with the Marine Education and Training Center at Sand Island
• Other campuses in Honolulu, Pearl City, Kapolei, Kāneʻohe, Kahului, Līhuʻe and Hilo, plus education centers on Lānaʻi, Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island

The University of Hawaiʻi was founded in 1907, when the Hawaiʻi Territorial Legislature established the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in Honolulu under the terms of U.S. land grant legislation. What began as a college of ten students and 13 faculty members has grown into a 10-campus system spanning the Hawaiian Islands: the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, UH Hilo, UH West Oʻahu and seven community colleges.

UH reports 45,389 undergraduate and 5,029 graduate students and 711 degree programs, ranging from certificate and vocational programs through doctoral degrees. As the only provider of public higher education in Hawaiʻi, it states a commitment to sustainability across teaching, research, operations and public service.