Founded in 1907, the University of Hawaii at Mānoa is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaii System.

The University of Hawaii at Manoa consists of the four Colleges of Arts and Sciences: Arts and Humanities, Languages Literatures and Linguistics, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences.

The Colleges of Arts and Humanities is the only institution in Hawaii that offers the MA in Asian and/or Pacific art history and the MFA in visual arts.
All music programs offered by the Colleges of Arts & Humanities are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).

UH Manoa has been ranked Best Western College" and an "America's Best Value College" by Princeton Review. The Shidler College of Business undergraduate program ranks 19th in International Business in U.S.News & World Report: America's Best Colleges 2009 (www.manoa.hawaii.edu).

UH Mānoa is one of only 13 institutions in the nation to hold the unique distinction of being a land-, sea-, and space-grant research institution.

UH Manoa is located on a unique campus which features The Waikīkī Aquarium, founded in 1904 and part of UH Mānoa since 1919, and is the third oldest public aquarium in the United States. The campus also includes a Botanical Garden which is the only university botanical garden located in a tropical rainforest in the United States. UH Mānoa is home to nearly 600 kinds of plants and trees, including over 100 Monkey Pod trees (Samanea saman) or ʻohai and a gigantic Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata), also known as a Dead Rat tree.

Courses at University of Hawaii at Manoa

Bachelor of Fine Arts
Painting
Fiber
Glass
Graphic design
Ceramics
Sculpture
Drawing
Printmaking
Photography
Animation
Dance theatre

Bachelor of Arts
Art history
Electronic arts
Painting
Fiber
Glass
Graphic design
Ceramics
Sculpture
Drawing
Printmaking
Photography
Animation
Music
Theatre
Dance

Bachelor of Music
Composition
Guitar
Instrumental
Piano
Voice

Bachelor of Music Education

Masters of Fine Arts
Ceramics
Electronic arts
Glass
Fiber
Painting
Photography
Printmaking
Sculpture
Acting
Design (theatre)
Directing (theatre)
Playwrighting
Asian performance
Youth Theatre
Dance

Masters of Arts
Art History with concentration on the arts of Asia and the Pacific
Theatre
Dance

Ph.d
Western Theatre
Asian Theatre
Comparative Asian - Western Theatre

Past students - established and famous artists
Rodney Chang
Georgia Engel
Bette Midler
Michael Okudo
Lois-Ann Yamanaka

Contact Details for the University of Hawaii at Manoa
2500 Campus Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
http://www.hawaii.edu