Academic Partner

Supporting the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa for More Than 40 Years

Academic Units Supported

and interdisciplinary doctoral programs in Conservation Biology and Communication and Information Science.

School Partners with Major Medical Center

The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa's John A. Burns School of Medicine is partnering with The Queens Health Systems and a faculty professional group to expand medical education and research. Read more

ARCS Foundation is a Star Donor for a Stellar University

Cheryl Ernst and David Lassner Former Honolulu Chapter President Cheryl Ernst joined University of Hawai‘i President David Lassner at a Hōkū (Star) Society event for the University of Hawai‘i Foundation’s most exclusive group of philanthropists. Since 1974, ARCS Foundation Honolulu Chapter has provided more than $2 million of support for UH Mānoa doctoral candidates in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and health disciplines.

Classified as a research university (very high research activity) by the Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching, UH Mānoa annually brings in about $400 million in extramural research and training grants, placing it on par with members of the prestigious Association of American Universities.

The university was placed among the top 1% of universities worldwide by the Academic Ranking of World Universities and ranked 12th internationally for earth and environmental sciences by Nature Index based on publications in Nature and 67 other prestigious, peer-reviewed journals. In 2021, it was selected to host NOAA's Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research.

Founded in 1907, UH Manoa is the flagship campus of the University of Hawai‘i System and one of only a handful of U.S. universities federally designated as Land, Sea and Space Grant institutions.

A Diverse Place to Study

With no ethnic group constituting a majority, UH Manoa ranked third on Best college reviews.org's 2021 list of Top 50 Ethnically Diverse Colleges in America. See our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion page for gender and ethnic breakdowns of the graduate student population in STEM disciplines.