University of Hawai‘i

University of Hawaiʻi System

Motto	"Ma luna aʻe o nā lāhui a pau ke ola ke kanaka" (Hawaiian)
Motto in English	"Above all nations is humanity"
Type	Public university system flagship
Established	1907
Endowment	US $272.2 million
President	David Lassner
Students	50,310
Location	Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Campus	3 campuses, 7 community colleges, 5 research centers, 3 university centers, 4 education centers
Colors	Gold and black
Affiliations	Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (A.S.A.I.H.L.), Western Association of Schools and Colleges (W.A.S.C.)
Website	www.hawaii.edu

The University of Hawaiʻi system (formally the University of Hawaiʻi and popularly known as U.H.) is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment training center, three university centers, four education centers and various other research facilities distributed across six islands throughout the State of Hawaii in the United States. All schools of the University of Hawaii system are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The U.H. system's main administrative offices are located on the property of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in Honolulu CDP.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is the flagship institution of the University of Hawaiʻi system. It was founded as a land-grant college under the terms of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. It is well respected for its programs in Hawaiian/Pacific Studies, Astronomy, East Asian Languages and Literature, Asian Studies, Comparative Philosophy, Marine Science, Second Language Studies, along with Botany, Engineering, Ethnomusicology, Geophysics, Law, Business, Linguistics, Mathematics, and Medicine. The second-largest institution is the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo on the "Big Island" of Hawaiʻi, with over 3,000 students. The smaller University of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu in Kapolei primarily serves students who reside on Honolulu's western and central suburban communities. The University of Hawaiʻi Community College system comprises four community colleges island campuses on O'ahu and one each on Maui, Kauaʻi, and Hawaiʻi. The schools were created to improve accessibility of courses to more Hawaiʻi residents and provide an affordable means of easing the transition from secondary school/high school to college for many students. University of Hawaiʻi education centers are located in more remote areas of the State and its several islands, supporting rural communities via distance education.