The University of Hawaii (UH) is a comprehensive public university system in the United States that confers undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees. The flagship campus of the University of Hawaii system is located at Manoa in Honolulu on the island of Oahu. Other campuses of the University are located throughout Hawaii, across the United States mainland, and in eleven countries around the world. The 10th president of UH, David Lassner, began his tenure on July 1, 2015.
The University’s land-grant mission extends beyond its campuses to all parts of Hawai’i through cooperative extension services operated by UH’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources statewide. In addition to teaching and research functions, these “extension agents” work with farmers, ranchers, home gardeners, business people, government officials, school teachers and students to address problems or take advantage of opportunities related to agriculture production; food safety and security; natural resources management; environmental protection; community development; family life education; 4-H youth programs; financial literacy education; disaster preparedness and relief; invasive species control; tropical forestry management practices; human nutrition and health promotion.
The academic institutions that comprise the University are:
* College of Arts & Sciences
* School of Architecture
* Shidler College of Business
* Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work
* Collegeof Education
* William S. Richardson Schoolof Law
* Daniel K. Inouye Collegeof Pharmacy
* John A Burns Schoolof Medicine
Graduate degree programs are offered by:
o Graduate Division o Cancer Center o Ocean & Earth Science & Technology