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{{Short description|Public university in Honolulu, Hawaii, US}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
 | native_name            = {{native name|haw|Ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa}}
 | former_name            = College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts of the Territory of Hawaiʻi (1907–1912)<br/>College of Hawaiʻi (1912–1919)<br />University of Hawaiʻi (1919–1972)
 | image                  = UH Manoa Logo.png
 | image_upright          = 1.2
 | motto                  = {{lang|haw|Maluna a{{okina}}e o nā lāhui āpau ke ola ke kānaka}} ([[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]])<ref>[https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/shpd/files/2018/11/HI_Honolulu-County_Otsubo-Monument-Works-1.pdf Otsubo Monument Works], National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, DLNR, page 85</ref><br />
'''On seal:''' ''Mālamalama'' ([[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]])
 | mottoeng               = {{nowrap|"Above all nations is humanity"}}<br />
'''On seal:''' "Enlightenment<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.malamalearningcenter.org/meaning-of-m257lama.html|title=Meaning of Mālama|website=Malama Learning Center}}</ref>"
 | established            = {{start date and age|1907|03|23}}
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[Land-grant university|land-grant]] [[research university]]
 | president              = Wendy Hensel
 | provost                = Michael Bruno
 | city                   = [[Honolulu]]
 | state                  = [[Hawaii]]
 | country                = United States
 | coor                   = {{coord|21.297|-157.817|type:edu_region:US-HI|display=inline,title}}
 | accreditation          = [[WASC Senior College and University Commission|WSCUC]]
 | students               = 20,012 (Fall 2024)<ref>{{cite web|title= UH Mānoa exceeds 20K students for the first time in over a decade |date=September 18, 2024 |url=https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/09/18/uh-manoa-exceeds-20k-enrollment/ |publisher=University of Hawaii |access-date=22 January 2025|ref=UH Mānoa exceeds 20K students for the first time in over a decade}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 
 | postgrad               = 
 | faculty                = 
 | endowment              = $491.36 million (2023)<br />(system-wide)<ref name=NACUBO>As of June 30, 2023. {{cite web |url=https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2023-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-FINAL.xlsx |title=U.S. and Canadian 2023 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2023 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY22 to FY23, and FY23 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student |date=February 15, 2024 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=August 9, 2024 |format=XLSX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523180252/https://edge.sitecorecloud.io/nacubo1-nacubo-prd-dc8b/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2023-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-FINAL.xlsx |archive-date=May 23, 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | budget                 = $1.1 billion (2019)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Kalbert |title=Budget request breakdown for 2020 Legislature |url=https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/12/17/budget-request-2020-legislature/ |access-date=25 July 2020 |work=University of Hawaiʻi System News |date=December 17, 2019}}</ref>
 | campus                 = Large city
 | campus_size            = {{convert|320|acre|km2}}
 | free_label2            = Newspaper
 | free2                  = ''[[Ka Leo O Hawaiʻi]]''
 | free_label1            = Other campuses<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wscuc.org/institutions/university-of-hawaii-at-manoa/|title=University of Hawai'i at Mānoa|website=WSCUC}}</ref>
 | free1                  = {{hlist|[[Kahului, Hawaii|Kahului]]|[[Pago Pago]]}}
 | colors                 = Green and white<ref>{{cite web|title=University of Hawaiʻi Graphics Standards |url=https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eaur/graphicsguide.html|publisher=University of Hawaiʻi|date=May 15, 2007|access-date=June 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Catalog|url=http://www.catalog.hawaii.edu/about-uh/university.htm|publisher=University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa|date=June 14, 2015|access-date=June 14, 2015}}</ref><br />{{color box|#024731}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
 | sporting_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA Division I]] – [[Big West Conference|Big West]]|[[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]|[[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]]|[[Pacific Coast Collegiate Sailing Conference|PCCSC]]}}
 | sports_nickname        = [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine|Rainbow Warriors & Rainbow Wāhine]]
 | parent                 = [[University of Hawaiʻi]]
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist
|[[Association of Pacific Rim Universities|APRU]]
|[[Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning|ASAIHL]]|[[University Affiliated Research Center|UARC]]|[[Universities Research Association|URA]]
|[[National Sea Grant College Program|Sea-grant]]
|[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]
|[[Sun Grant Association|Sun-grant]]}}
 | website                = {{URL|https://manoa.hawaii.edu}}
}}

The '''University of Hawai{{okina}}i at Mānoa'''{{efn|name="Name"|The university's official name is spelled using the traditional Hawaiian names, with an okina in Hawaiʻi and a diacritic in Mānoa.}}{{efn|{{bulleted list|Also referred to as '''University of Hawaii–Mānoa''', '''UH Mānoa''', '''Hawaiʻi''', or simply '''UH'''|{{langx|haw|'''Ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa'''<!--From https://manoa.hawaii.edu/ as of 08/03/2024-->}}}}}} is a [[Public university|public]] [[Land-grant university|land-grant]] [[research university]] in [[Honolulu]], Hawaii, United States. It is the [[flagship campus]] of the [[University of Hawaiʻi]] system and houses the main offices of the system. Most of the campus occupies the eastern half of the mouth of [[Manoa|Mānoa Valley]] on [[Oahu]], with the John A. Burns School of Medicine located adjacent to [[Kakaako Waterfront Park|Kakaʻako Waterfront Park]].

UH offers over 200 degree programs across 17 colleges and schools. It is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[WASC Senior College and University Commission]] and governed by the [[Hawaii State Legislature]] and a semi-autonomous board of regents. It also a member of the [[Association of Pacific Rim Universities]].

Mānoa is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=141574 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date=25 July 2020 |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520095717/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=141574 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is a land-grant university that also participates in the [[Sea grant colleges|sea-grant]], [[Space grant colleges|space-grant]], and [[Sun grant colleges|sun-grant]] research consortia; it is one of only three such universities in the country to participate in all four consortia ([[Oregon State University]] and [[Pennsylvania State University]] are the others). UH and its subsidiary, the Applied Research Laboratory, is one of only fourteen [[University Affiliated Research Center]]s (UARC) of the [[United States Department of Defense]] and is one of five UARCs in the country for the [[United States Navy]].

Notable UH alumni include [[Patsy Mink]], [[Robert Ballard]], [[Richard Parsons (businessman)|Richard Parsons]], and the parents of [[Barack Obama]] – [[Barack Obama Sr.]] and [[Ann Dunham|Stanley Ann Dunham]]. Forty-four percent of Hawaii's [[Hawaii Senate|state senators]] and 51 percent of its [[Hawaii House of Representatives|state representatives]] are UH graduates.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://manoa.hawaii.edu/miro/quick-facts/|title=Mānoa Institutional Research Office|website=manoa.hawaii.edu|access-date=2020-02-01}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Hawai'i Hall.jpg|thumb|Hawaiʻi Hall was the heart of the University of Hawaiʻi when it opened in 1912. It housed classrooms, administrative offices, and the campus's library.]]
[[File:Stone marking the entrance to University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.jpg|thumb|Entrance to UH Mānoa campus]]

===Founding===
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa was founded in 1907 as a [[Land-grant university|land-grant college]] of agriculture and mechanical arts establishing "the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts of the Territory of Hawaiʻi and to Provide for the Government and Support Thereof".<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|title=Celebrating the First 100 Years|url=https://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/Site/downloads/CTAHRhistory.pdf|access-date=June 12, 2021}}</ref>  The bill Maui Senator William J. Huelani Coelho through the initiatives of [[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]] legislators, a newspaper editor, petition of an Asian American bank cashier, and a president of [[Cornell University]],<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Kamins|first=Robert M.|title=Mālamalama: a history of the University of Hawaiʻi|date=1998|publisher=University of Hawaiʻi Press|others=Robert E. Potter, University of Hawaii|isbn=0-585-32644-4|location=Honolulu|oclc=45843003}}</ref> was introduced into the Territorial Legislature March 1, 1907 as Act 24, and signed into law March 25, 1907 by Governor [[George R. Carter|George Carter]], which officially established the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts of the Territory of Hawaiʻi under a five-member Board of Regents<ref name=":4" /> on the corner of Beretania and Victoria streets (now the location of the Honolulu Museum of Art School).<ref name=":2" /> The Board of Regents first selected J.E. Roadhouse of the University of California to head the new college in October 1907 but unfortunately had died before leaving Berkeley.<ref name=":4" /> With classes scheduled to start in February 1908, the regents persuaded Willis T. Pope, vice principal of the Territorial Normal School, to head the college for its first semester. In Spring 1908, the regents appointed John W. Gilmore, professor of agriculture at [[Cornell University]], as the college's first president. The Cornell connection would strongly influence the shaping of the new college, even today.<ref name=":4" /> It officially became an institution of higher learning on September 14, 1908, when it enrolled 5 freshmen registered for a bachelor of science degree. Willis T. Pope went on to become the Superintendent of Public Instruction in the Territory of Hawai’i from 1910 until 1913 and later a professor of botany and horticulture at the university.

In September 1912 it moved to its present location in Mānoa Valley on 90 acres of land that had been cobbled together from leased and private lands and was renamed the College of Hawaii.<ref name=":2" /> William Kwai Fong Yap, a cashier at [[Bank of Hawaii]], and a group of citizens petitioned the [[Hawaii Territorial Legislature]] six years later for university status which led to another renaming finally to the University of Hawaiʻi on April 30, 1919, with the addition of the College of Arts and Sciences and College of Applied Science.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |publisher=University of Hawaii |date=1957|title=Ka Palapala 1957|hdl=10125/34293 |hdl-access=free |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4" />

In the years following, the university expanded to include more than 300 acres. In 1931 the Territorial [[Normal school|Normal School]] was absorbed into the university, becoming Teacher's College,<ref name=":3" /> now the College of Education.

===20th century===
The university continued its growth throughout the 1930s and 1940s increasing from 232 to 402 acres.  The number of buildings grew from 4 to 17. Following the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] in December 1941, classes were suspended for two months while the Corps of Engineers occupied much of the campus, including the Teacher's College, for various purposes. The university's ROTC program was put into active duty, which made the campus resemble a military school. When classes resumed on February 11, 1942, about half of the student and faculty body left to enter the war or military service. Students who returned to campus found classes cancelled due to lack of faculty and were required to carry gas masks to classes and bomb shelters were kept at a ready.<ref name=":3" /> Once the war was over, student enrollment grew faster than the university had faculty and space for.

In 1947, the university opened an extension center in Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island in the old Hilo Boarding School. In 1951, Hilo Center was designated the University of Hawaii Hilo Branch<ref name=":3" /> before its reorganization by an act of the Hawaiʻi State Legislature in 1970.<ref name=":1" />

By the 1950s, enrollment increased to more than 5,000 students, and the university had expanded to include a Graduate Division, College of Education, College of Engineering, College of Business Administration, College of Tropical Agriculture, and College of Arts and Sciences.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Yount|first=David|title=Who runs the university?: the politics of higher education in Hawaii, 1985-1992|date=1996|publisher=University of Hawaiʻi Press|isbn=0-585-26566-6|location=Honolulu|oclc=45727637}}</ref>

When Hawaiʻi was granted statehood in 1959, the university became a constitutional agency rather than a legislative agency with the Board of Regents having oversight over the university. Enrollment continued to grow to 19,000 at the university through the 1960s and the campus became nationally recognized in research and graduate education.<ref name=":1" />

In 1965, the state legislature created a system of community colleges and placed it within the university at the recommendations of the [[Department of Health, Education and Welfare]]'s report on higher education in Hawaii and UH President Thomas H. Hamilton.<ref name=":4" /> By the end of the 1960s, the University of Hawaiʻi was very different from what it had since its beginning. It had become larger and with the addition of the community colleges, a broad range of activities extending from vocational education to community college education, which were all advanced through research and postdoctoral training.<ref name=":1" />

The university was renamed the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to distinguish it from other campuses in the University of Hawaiʻi System in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History {{!}} University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |url=https://manoa.hawaii.edu/about/history/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Campus ==
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<gallery mode="packed" caption="University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus">
File:University of Hawaiʻi quadrangle.jpg|Quadrangle<br/>{{panorama link|University of Hawaiʻi quadrangle photosphere.jpg}}
File:Moore Hall, University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa.jpg|Moore Hall
File:Dean Hall, University of Hawaiʻi.jpg|Dean Hall
File:Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa.jpg|Center for Korean Studies
File:East-West Center Japanese Garden at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa.jpg|East-West Center Japanese Garden
</gallery>

==Organization and administration==
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa operates within the University of Hawaiʻi System, which is governed by an 11-member board of regents who are nominated by the Regents Candidate Advisory Council, appointed by the governor, and confirmed by the State of Hawaiʻi legislature. The board also appoints the president of the University of Hawaiʻi System, who provides leadership for all 10 campuses, including as the chief executive of UH Mānoa. Day-to-day academic and operational management of UH Mānoa is the responsibility of the Provost.

=== University of Hawaiʻi president (pre-1965) ===
When UH began as the College of Hawaiʻi, Willis T. Pope served as acting dean from 1907 to 1908, despite declining the title of "acting president." Since that initial period, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has always been led by a president, chancellor, or provost, including interim or acting roles.

From 1908 to 1965, the president of the University of Hawaiʻi, before the creation of the University of Hawaii System (UH System), served as chief executive of the university. Technical and community colleges and Hilo College operated separately from what would later become the UH System.<ref name="UHLibPres">{{Cite web |title=President's Office Collections – University of Hawaii Manoa Library Website |url=https://manoa.hawaii.edu/library/research/collections/archives/university-archives/administrative-and-governing-bodies/presidents-office-collections/ |access-date=2021-05-31 |language=en-US}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!No. !! Image !! President !! Term of office !! Notes
|-
| - || - || Willis T. Pope || 1907-1908 || Served as "acting dean" until the Board of Regents could hire a permanent president.
|-
| 1 || [[File:Jwgilmore-hawaii.jpg|center|104x104px]] || |[[John W. Gilmore]] || 1908–1913 ||A graduate of Cornell University and an agriculture professor who established schools in China and the Philippines. Forced to resign.
|-
| - || - || John Donaghho (''acting'') || 1913–1914|| -
|-
| 2 || - ||Arthur L. Dean ||1914–1927 ||A graduate of Harvard, he oversaw the transformation of the College of Hawaiʻi into the University of Hawaiʻi and growth of the university from 21 students to 874.
|-
| 3 || - || [[David L. Crawford]] || 1927–1941 || -
|-
| - || || Arthur R. Keller (''acting'') || 1941–1942
|
|-
| 4 || - || Gregg M. Sinclair || 1942–1955 || -
|-
| 5 || - || Paul S. Bachman || 1955–1957 || Died in office just 14 months after taking office.
|-
| - || - || Willard Wilson  (''acting'')|| 1957–1958 ||Served as acting president after the death of Paul S. Bachman.
|-
| 6 || - || [[Laurence H. Snyder]] || 1958–1963 || -
|-
| 7 || - || [[Thomas H. Hamilton]] || 1963–1968 || Served as president of the university until 1965 and both as president and chancellor from 1965 to 1968. Resigned amid protests related to the Vietnam War and controversial faculty tenure cases.
|}

=== Creation of the University of Hawaiʻi System ===
In 1965 the [[Hawaiʻi State Legislature]] created the [[University of Hawaiʻi System]], which incorporated the technical and community colleges into the university. The President's role was expanded to include oversight of the new university system.<ref name="UHLibPres" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!No !! Image !! President !! Term of office !! Notes
|-
| 7 || - || [[Thomas H. Hamilton]] || 1963–1968 || Served as president of the university until 1965 and both as president and chancellor from 1965 to 1968. Resigned amid protests related to the Vietnam War and controversial faculty tenure cases.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Presidents {{!}} University of Hawaii System |url=https://www.hawaii.edu/about-uh/past-presidents/ |access-date=2024-10-19 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| - || - || Robert W. Hiatt (''acting'') || 1968–1969 || -
|-
| - || - || Richard S. Takasaki (''acting'') || 1969 || -
|-
|8 || [[File:Harlan_Cleveland_2006.jpg|center|104x104px]]||[[Harlan Cleveland]] || 1969–1974 ||A graduate of Princeton University. Created UH Hilo and appointed the first chancellor for the university. Resigned in the fall of 1973.
|}

=== Introduction of the chancellor role ===
In 1974, the role of chancellor was established to handle campus-specific leadership, allowing the UH President to focus on system-wide governance.

'''Presidents''' 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!No !! Image !! President !! Term of office !! Notes
|-
| 9 || -                                       || Fujio Matsuda        || 1974–1984 || Retired from the university.                                                                             
|}
'''Chancellors'''
*1974–1984: ''multiple chancellors''

=== Return to combined leadership (1984–2001) ===
In 1984, the role of the chancellor was dissolved and the president resumed direct oversight of UH Mānoa.<ref name=":1" />
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!No !! Image !! President !! Term of office !! Notes
|-
|10 || - || [[Albert J. Simone]] || 1984–1992 || Resigned in late 1991 to become president of the [[Rochester Institute of Technology]] (RIT).
|-
| - || - || Paul C. Yuen (''acting'') || 1992–1993 || -
|-
|11 || - || [[Kenneth Mortimer|Kenneth P. Mortimer]] ||1993–2001 || -
|}

=== Reintroduction of the chancellor (2001–2017) ===
In 2001, the position of chancellor was re-established by UH System president [[Evan Dobelle]] over [[conflict of interest]] concerns.<ref name="Karl University of Hawaii at Manoa 2004 p. 11-1">{{cite book |last=Karl |first=David M |title=UH and the sea: the emergence of marine expeditionary research and oceanography as a field of study at the University of Hawaii at Manoa |author2=University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |publisher=University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |year=2004 |page=11-1 |chapter=Chapter 11. Enter Evan Dobelle: "Defining Our Destiny" |oclc=56344517 |chapter-url=ftp://soest.hawaii.edu/dkarl/misc/dave/UH%26theSea/O-Chapter11.pdf}}</ref>

'''Presidents'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!No !! Image !! President !! Term of office !! Notes
|-
| 12 || -                                          || Evan S. Dobelle || 2001–2004 ||
|-
|13
| -
|David McClain
|2004–2009
|
|-
|14
| -
|[[M. R. C. Greenwood|M.R.C. Greenwood]]
|2009–2013
|Retired at the end of 2013.
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Chancellors
!No !! Image !! President !! Term of office !! Notes
|-
| - || - || Deane Neubauer (interim) || 2001–2002 || -
|-
| 1 || - || [[Peter Englert]]  || 2002–2005 || -
|-
| - || - || [[Denise Konan]]  || 2005–2007 || -
|-
| 2 || [[File:Virginia Hinshaw (cropped).jpg|center|95x95px]]|| [[Virginia Hinshaw]]  || 2007–2012 || -
|-
| 3 || - || [[Tom Apple]] || 2012–2014 || -
|-
| - || - || Robert Bley-Vroman (''interim'') || 2014–2017 || -
|}

=== President and provost (2017–present) ===
The Provost role was established to handle the academic and operational affairs of UH Mānoa, while the President served as the chief executive of the university and retained overall UH System leadership. This reorganization was made to create a governance structure similar to other major research universities, such as the University of Washington and Indiana University.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 2, 2019 |title=New UH Mānoa leadership structure approved |url=https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/04/02/new-uh-manoa-leadership-structure-approved/ |publisher=University of Hawaiʻi}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Presidents
!No !! Image !! President !! Term of office !! Notes
|-
|15 |||[[File:David Lassner (cropped).jpg|center|95x95px]] || [[David Lassner]] || 2017–2024 || Appointed as president of the University of Hawaii System in 2014 and provided directed oversight of the university in 2017 when the Board of Regents removed the role of the chancellor.
|-
|16 || - || [[Wendy Hensel]]|| 2025–present<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-17 |title=UH regents unanimously select Wendy Hensel as next UH President |url=https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/10/17/regents-select-wendy-hensel-as-next-president/ |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=University of Hawaiʻi System News |language=en-US}}</ref>|| -
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Provosts
!No !! Image !! President !! Term of office !! Notes
|-
|1 || - || Michael S. Bruno || 2019–2025<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=2025-05-05 |title=UH Mānoa Provost Bruno to step down, nationwide search for successor planned |url=https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/05/05/uh-manoa-provost-bruno-to-step-down/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=University of Hawaiʻi News}}</ref>|| Bruno announced he would be stepping down as Provost effective July 1, 2025, returning as an Ocean Engineering Professor in the university's School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology.<ref name=":7" />
|-
| -
| -
|Vassilis Syrmos
(''interim'')
|2025–Present<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2025-06-09 |title=Vassilis Syrmos appointed interim provost of UH Mānoa |url=https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2025/06/09/syrmos-interim-provost-uh-manoa/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=University of Hawaiʻi News}}</ref>
|Appointed interim provost by UH President [[Wendy Hensel|Hensel]] effective July 1, 2025, taking over for former Provost Bruno.<ref name=":8" />
|}

==Academics==
[[File:UniversityHawaiiManoaCampusRoundtop.jpg|thumb|left|UH Mānoa campus viewed from [[Tantalus-Round Top Road|Round Top Drive]], with [[Diamond Head, Hawaii|Diamond Head]] in the background]]
UH Mānoa, the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi System, is a four-year research university consisting of 17 schools and colleges. In addition to undergraduate and graduate degrees in the School of Architecture, School of Earth Science and Technology, the College of Arts, Languages, and Letters, the [[Shidler College of Business]], the College of Education, and the College of Engineering, the university also maintains professional schools in law and medicine.

Together, the colleges and schools of the university offer bachelor's degrees in 93 fields of study, master's degrees in 84 fields, doctoral degrees in 51 fields, first professional degrees in five fields, post-baccalaureate degrees in three fields, 28 undergraduate certification programs, and 29 graduate certification programs.

=== Schools and colleges ===

==== Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience ====
Originally called the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts of the Territory of Hawaiʻi and formerly the College of Applied Sciences, the College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources (CTAHR) is the founding college of the university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About CTAHR |url=https://web.ctahr.hawaii.edu/about/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience}}</ref> Programs of the college focuses on [[tropical agriculture]], [[food science]] and human nutrition, textiles and clothing, and Human Resources. The name of the college was changed in October 2024 to the College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resilience.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-30 |title=UH Mānoa college adds ‘resilience’ to its name to reflect vision, mission |url=https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/10/30/ctahr-renaming/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=University of Hawaiʻi News}}</ref>

==== Education ====
The college was established as the Honolulu Training School in 1895 to prepare and train teachers and then Territorial Normal and Training School after Hawaiʻi became a territory in 1905.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-09 |title=Normal School |url=https://imagesofoldhawaii.com/territorial-normal-and-training-school/ |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=Images of Old Hawaiʻi |language=en-US}}</ref> As the school outgrew its location on the [[Punchbowl Crater|Punchbowl]] side of Honolulu, a new campus was to be constructed on the corner of University Avenue and Metcalf Street. The first two buildings constructed by the Territorial Department of Public instruction became known as Wist Hall and Wist Annex 1.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://coe.hawaii.edu/welcome/history/ |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=College of Education, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |language=en-US}}</ref> The normal school was eventually merged into the University of Hawaiʻi in 1931 as the Teacher's College. In 1959, the name was changed to the College of Education.

==== Arts, Languages, and Letters ====
[[File:Jonathan Clarke Sypert at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa spring 2025 dance concert.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|A spring dance concert at the university]]
The College of Arts, Languages, and Letters (CALL) is the newest and largest college at the university. It was created following the dissolution of the College of Arts and Science and the merger of the Colleges of Arts and Humanities, Languages, Linguistics, and Literature (LLL) and the School of Pacific and Asian Studies. The college's core focus is the study of arts, humanities, and languages with a particular focus on Hawaiʻi, the Pacific, and Asia Studies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=College of Arts, Languages & Letters|url=https://manoa.hawaii.edu/call/|access-date=2021-05-30|language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Business ====
{{Main|Shidler College of Business}}
The College of Business Administration was established in 1949 with programs in accounting, finance, real estate, industrial relations, and marketing. The college was renamed the Shidler College of Business on September 6, 2006, after real-estate executive Jay Shidler, an alumnus of the college, who donated $25 million to the college.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shidler.hawaii.edu/tabid/363/Default.aspx |title=The Gift |publisher=Shidler.hawaii.edu |date=2006-09-06 |access-date=2010-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821162916/http://www.shidler.hawaii.edu/tabid/363/Default.aspx |archive-date=2010-08-21 }}</ref>

==== Nursing ====
The School of Nursing was established in 1951, even though courses in nursing had been offered since 1932 with a partnership with Queen's Hospital School of Nursing.<ref name=":4" />

===Library===
{{main|Hamilton Library (Hawaii)}}

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library, which provides access to 3.4 million volumes, 50,000 journals, and thousands of digitized documents, is one of the largest academic research libraries in the United States, ranking 86th in parent institution investment among 113 North American members of the Association of Research Libraries.<ref name="ARL Statistics 2007-2008">{{cite journal |last1=Kyrillidou |first1=Martha |last2=Bland |first2=Les |date=December 7, 2009 |title=ARL Statistics 2007–2008 |url=http://publications.arl.org/ARL-Statistics-2007-2008/ |access-date=2013-01-25 |website=Association of Research Libraries}}</ref>

===Honors program===
The UH Mānoa offers an Honors Program to provide additional resources for students preparing to apply to [[professional school]] programs.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us – Honors Program|url=http://manoa.hawaii.edu/undergrad/honors/about-our-program/|website=University of Hawaii at Manoa|date=March 19, 2014 |access-date=19 June 2017}}</ref> Students complete core curriculum courses for their degrees in the Honors Program, maintain at least a cumulative 3.2 [[Grading in education|grade-point average]] in all courses, and complete a senior thesis project.<ref>{{cite web|title=Your Honors Journey|url=http://manoa.hawaii.edu/undergrad/honors/your-honors-journey/|website=University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa|date=July 6, 2016 |access-date=19 June 2017}}</ref>

===Rankings===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
{{Infobox US university ranking
| Forbes = 385
| USNWR_NU = 171 (tie)
| USNWR_W = 483 (tie)
| Wamo_NU = 247
| QS_W = =546
| THES_W = 201–250
| THE_WSJ = 260
| ARWU_W = 301–400
}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="float:right; text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Hawaii Rainbow Warriors|color=white}}" |National program rankings<ref name="USNWR Grad School Rankings">{{cite web|title=University of Hawaiʻi—Mānoa – U.S. News Best Grad School Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=October 2, 2020|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/university-of-hawaii-manoa-141574/overall-rankings}}</ref>
|-
! Program
! Ranking
|-
| Biological Sciences || 130
|-
| Chemistry || 145
|-
| Clinical Psychology || 88
|-
| Computer Science || 119
|-
| Earth Sciences || 41
|-
| Education || 69
|-
| Engineering || 152–200
|-
| English || 108
|-
| Fine Arts || 124
|-
| History || 98
|-
| Law || 96
|-
| Library & Information Studies || 28
|-
| Mathematics || 127
|-
| Medicine: Primary Care || 56
|-
| Medicine: Research || 62
|-
| Nursing: Doctorate || 74
|-
| Physics || 71
|-
| Political Science || 96
|-
| Psychology || 112
|-
| Public Affairs || 101
|-
| Public Health || 89
|-
| Rehabilitation Counseling || 47
|-
| Social Work || 51
|-
| Sociology || 102
|-
| Speech–Language Pathology || 170
|}
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="float:right; text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Hawaii Rainbow Warriors|color=white}}" |Global program rankings<ref name="USNWR Global Univ Rankings">{{cite web|title=University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa – U.S. News Best Global University Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=October 2, 2020|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/university-of-hawaii-manoa-141574}}</ref>
|-
! Program
! Ranking
|-
| Arts & Humanities || 155
|-
| Clinical Medicine || 744
|-
| Engineering || 496
|-
| Environment/Ecology || 185
|-
| Geosciences || 66
|-
| Plant & Animal Science || 279
|-
| Social Sciences & Public Health || 257
|-
| Space Science || 112
|}
{{col-end}}

The National Science Foundation ranked UH Mānoa 45th among 395 public universities for Research and Development (R&D) expenditures in fiscal year 2014.<ref name="ncsesdata.nsf.gov"/>

According to ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''{{'}}s rankings for 2021, UH Mānoa was tied at 170th overall and 159th for "Best Value" among national universities; tied at 83rd among public universities; and tied at 145th for its undergraduate engineering program among schools that confer doctorates.<ref name=USNWR>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-hawaii-manoa-1610/overall-rankings |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |title=University of Hawaii--Manoa Rankings |year=2021 |access-date=October 2, 2020}}</ref>

===Distance learning===
The university offers over 50 [[distance education|distance learning]] courses, using technology to replace either all or a portion of class instruction. Students interact with their instructors and peers from different locations to further develop their education.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hawaii.edu/dl/home |title=Distance Learning at the University of Hawaiʻi |access-date=December 9, 2015 |publisher=University of Hawaiʻi}}</ref>

==Research==
[[File:UH Liliuokalani Center.JPG|thumb|Queen Lili{{okina}}uokalani Center for Student Services]]
With extramural grants and contracts of $436 million in 2012, research at UH Mānoa relates to Hawaii's physical landscape, its people and their heritage. The geography facilitates advances in marine biology, oceanography, underwater robotic technology, astronomy, geology and geophysics, agriculture, aquaculture and tropical medicine. Its heritage, the people and its close ties to the Asian and Pacific region create a favorable environment for study and research in the arts, genetics, intercultural relations, linguistics, religion and philosophy.<ref name="manoa.hawaii.edu">{{cite web|url=http://manoa.hawaii.edu/about/facts/research/summary.html|title=UH Mānoa: About UH Mānoa: Facts & Statistics: Research|work=hawaii.edu|access-date=30 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910210924/http://manoa.hawaii.edu/about/facts/research/summary.html|archive-date=10 September 2015}}</ref>

According to the [[National Science Foundation]], UH Mānoa spent $276 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 84th in the nation.<ref name="ncsesdata.nsf.gov">{{cite web |title=Table 20. Higher education R&D expenditures, ranked by FY 2018 R&D expenditures: FYs 2009–18 |url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html |website=ncsesdata.nsf.gov |publisher=[[National Science Foundation]] |access-date=25 July 2020 |archive-date=September 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930141919/https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Extramural funding increased from $368 million in FY 2008 to nearly $436 million in FY 2012. Research grants increased from $278 million in FY 2008 to $317 million in FY 2012. Non-research awards totaled $119 million in FY 2012. Overall, extramural funding increased by 18%.<ref name="manoa.hawaii.edu"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://manoa.hawaii.edu/about/facts/research/awards.html|title=UH Mānoa: About UH Mānoa: Facts & Statistics: Research Awards|work=hawaii.edu|access-date=30 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910220121/http://manoa.hawaii.edu/about/facts/research/awards.html|archive-date=10 September 2015}}</ref>

For the period of July 1, 2012 to June 20, 2013, the [[School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology]] (SOEST) received the largest amount of extramural funding among the Mānoa units at $92 million. SOEST was followed by the medical school at $57 million, the College of Natural Sciences and the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center at $24 million, the [[Institute for Astronomy (Hawaii)|Institute for Astronomy]] at $22 million, CTARH at $18 million, and the College of Social Sciences and the College of Education at $16 million.<ref name="ors.hawaii.edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.ors.hawaii.edu/files/2013_Annual_Report_Extramural_Awards%26Expenditures.pdf |title=2013 Annual Report Extramural Awards & Expenditures |website=Ors.hawaii.edu |access-date=2016-08-17 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041850/http://www.ors.hawaii.edu/files/2013_Annual_Report_Extramural_Awards%26Expenditures.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Across the UH system, the majority of research funding comes from the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|Department of Health and Human Services]], the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], the [[United States Department of Education|Department of Education]], the [[National Science Foundation]], the [[United States Department of Commerce|Department of Commerce]], and the [[NASA|National Aeronautics Space Administration]] (NASA). Local funding comes from Hawaii government agencies, non-profit organizations, health organizations and business and other interests.<ref name="ors.hawaii.edu"/>

The $150-million medical complex in Kakaʻako opened in the spring of 2005. The facility houses a biomedical research and education center that attracts significant federal funding and private sector investment in biotechnology and cancer research and development.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Research (broadly conceived) is expected of every faculty member at UH Mānoa. Also, according to the Carnegie Foundation, UH Mānoa is an RU/VH (very high research activity) level research university.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/lookup_listings/view_institution.php?unit_id=141574&start_page=institution.php&clq={%22ipug2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22ipgrad2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22enrprofile2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22ugprfile2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22sizeset2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22basic2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22eng2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22search_string%22%3A%22hawaii%22%2C%22first_letter%22%3A%22%22%2C%22level%22%3A%22%22%2C%22control%22%3A%22%22%2C%22accred%22%3A%22%22%2C%22state%22%3A%22%22%2C%22region%22%3A%22%22%2C%22urbanicity%22%3A%22%22%2C%22womens%22%3A%22%22%2C%22hbcu%22%3A%22%22%2C%22hsi%22%3A%22%22%2C%22tribal%22%3A%22%22%2C%22msi%22%3A%22%22%2C%22landgrant%22%3A%22%22%2C%22coplac%22%3A%22%22%2C%22urban%22%3A%22%22}&print=true |title=Carnegie Foundation, UH Mānoa |publisher=Classifications.carnegiefoundation.org |access-date=2010-07-27}}</ref>

In 2013, UH Mānoa was elected to membership in the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, the leading consortium of research universities for the region. APRU represents 45 premier research universities—with a collective 2 million students and 120,000 faculty members—from 16 economies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apru.org/members/member-universities|title=Association of Pacific Rim Universities – Member Universities|work=Association of Pacific Rim Universities|access-date=30 January 2015|archive-date=May 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517134720/http://apru.org/members/member-universities|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center===
The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center is part of the Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Its facility in [[Kakaʻako]] was completed in 2013.<ref>[https://www.uhcancercenter.org/50years "50 Years of Progress"], ''University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center website''. Retrieved 17 October 2023.</ref> It is designated as cancer center by the [[National Cancer Institute]] and represents Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. It was founded in 1971 and was named the Cancer Research Center of Hawaiʻi before 2011.<ref>[https://www.uhcancercenter.org/50th-historical-timeline "UH Cancer Center History"], ''University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center website''. Retrieved 17 October 2023.</ref> {{as of|2024}}, [[Naoto Ueno]] serves as the center's director.

==Demographics==
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2023<ref>{{cite web |title= University of Manoa at Hilo|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?141574-University-of-Hawaii-at-Manoa|website=College Scorecard |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=June 20, 2025 }}</ref>
|-
! Race and ethnicity
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|33|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]]
|align=right| {{bartable|25|%|2||background:violet}}
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|21|%|2||background:cyan}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|14|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[International student]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:#008080}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Native Hawaiian]]/[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]]
|align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
| Unknown
|align=right| {{bartable|1|%|2||background:grey}} 
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|25|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|75|%|2||background:black}}
|}
UH is the fourth most diverse university in the U.S.<ref name="auto"/> According to the 2010 report of the Institutional Research Office, a plurality of students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are [[White American|Caucasian]], making up a quarter of the student body. The next largest groups were [[Japanese American]]s (13%), [[native Hawaiians|native or part native Hawaiians]] (13%), [[Filipino American]]s (8%), [[Chinese American]]s (7%) and mixed race (12%). Pacific Islanders and other ethnic groups make up the balance (22%).

==Student life==
[[File:Honolulu-EWC-JeffersonHall-wide.JPG|thumb|left|International Conference Center at Jefferson Hall]]
[[File:Honolulu-EWC-HaleManoa-wide.JPG|thumb|Hale Mānoa Dormitory, East-West Center designed by [[I. M. Pei]]]]

===Student housing===
All UH Mānoa residence halls are coeducational. These include the Hale Aloha Complex, Johnson Hall, Hale Laulima, and Hale Kahawai. Suite-style residence halls include Frear Hall and Gateway House. First-year undergraduates who choose to live on campus live in the traditional residence halls.<ref name="Rezhall">{{cite web|url=http://manoa.hawaii.edu/housing/challs/compare |title=Our Communities &#124; Student Housing Services |access-date=2011-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604160149/http://manoa.hawaii.edu/housing/challs/compare |archive-date=2011-06-04}}</ref>

Two apartment-style complexes are Hale Noelani and Hale Wainani. Hale Noelani consists of five three-story buildings and Hale Wainani has two high rise buildings (one 14-story and one 13-story) and two low-rise buildings. Second-year undergraduates and above are permitted to live in Hale Noelani and Hale Wainani.<ref name="Rezhall"/>

The university reserves some low-rise units for graduate students and families.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://manoa.hawaii.edu/housing/familygrad/halls |title=Our Communities &#124; Student Housing Services |access-date=2014-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105230238/http://www.manoa.hawaii.edu/housing/familygrad/halls |archive-date=2013-11-05}}</ref>

===Charles H. Atherton YMCA===
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the YMCA of Honolulu has enjoyed a close and robust partnership since the university's founding.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=About Us {{!}} YMCA of Honolulu {{!}} Honolulu, Hawaiʻi {{!}} www.ymcahonolulu.org |url=https://www.ymcahonolulu.org/locations/atherton/about-us |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=www.ymcahonolulu.org}}</ref> Beginning informally in 1908, the YMCA held bible classes and discussions at the University of Hawaiʻi, when it was the College of Hawaiʻi. In 1912, the YMCA of Honolulu followed the college to Mānoa valley and continued its work in Hawaiʻi Hall.  In 1922, the relationship was formalized and it was one of the largest and most active groups on the university's campus, including hosting events for high school and incoming students.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Mendoza |first=Jim |title=For 90 years, Atherton Y called this historic pink building home |url=https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2021/06/23/90-years-atherton-y-called-this-historic-pink-building-home/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=hawaiinewsnow.com |date=June 23, 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5" />

In 1932, through funding by the Atherton family, the YMCA moved across the street to a three-story cement building on University Avenue. The building, called the Charles H. Atherton House or the "Pink Building", in addition to being the center for YMCA activities, also served as student housing and dining hall. In 1995, the YMCA purchased the Mary Atherton House next door to provide additional residential and activity space.

In 2017, the Atherton building was sold to the university and University of Hawaiʻi Foundation.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":5" /> Today, its main offices are located in the Queen Lili'uokalani Center for Student Services building on the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where they continue serve UH students and families throughout Hawaiʻi.

The Atherton building has since been closed and renovations began July 2021 to turn the Pink Building into student housing and an innovation center.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-27 |title=Demolition of Mary Atherton Richards House starts in July to make way for new UH building |url=https://www.khon2.com/local-news/demolition-of-mary-atherton-richards-house-starts-in-july-to-make-way-for-new-uh-building/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=KHON2 |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Associated Students of the University of Hawaiʻi===
{{Main|Associated Students of the University of Hawaii}}
The Associated Students of the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa (ASUH) is the undergraduate [[student government]] representing the 10,000+ full-time, classified, undergraduate students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. ASUH was founded in 1910 as the Associated Students of Hawaiʻi<ref name=":4" /> and was chartered by the University of Hawaiʻi [[Board of Regents]] in 1912.{{Clear}}

==Off-campus==
[[File:Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii - general view.jpg|thumb|right|[[Lyon Arboretum]]]]

*The [[Lyon Arboretum]] is the only tropical [[arboretum]] belonging to any American university. The Arboretum, located in Mānoa Valley, was established in 1918 by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association to demonstrate watershed restoration and test tree species for reforestation, as well as to collect living plants of economic value. In 1953, it became part of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Its over 15,000 accessions focus primarily on the monocot families of palms, gingers, heliconias, bromeliads and aroids.
*The [[Waikiki Aquarium]], founded in 1904, is the third-oldest public aquarium in the United States. A part of the University of Hawaiʻi since 1919, the Aquarium is located next to a living reef on the Waikiki shoreline.

==Athletics==
{{main|Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine}}
[[File:Aloha Stadium, Hawaii.jpg|thumb|The off-campus [[Aloha Stadium]], situated near [[Pearl Harbor]] in [[Honolulu]], was the home of Rainbow Warrior Football from 1975 to 2020.]]
[[File:LesMurakami.png|thumb|Les Murakami Baseball Field]]
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa competes in NCAA Division I, the only Hawaii school to do so. It competes in the [[Mountain West Conference]] for football only and the [[Big West Conference]] for most other sports.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?id=5907111 |title=Hawaii joins MWC, Big West for 2012 |first=Andy |last=Katz |work=ESPN.com |date=December 10, 2010 |access-date=January 20, 2011}}</ref> UH competes in the [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation]] in men's and women's swimming and diving, and indoor track and field while the coed and women's sailing teams are members of the [[Pacific Coast Collegiate Sailing Conference]].

Men's teams are known as Rainbow Warriors, and women's teams are called Rainbow Wahine. "{{lang|haw|Wahine}}" means "woman" in Hawaiian.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wahine|title=Wahine Definition & Meaning |website=Merriam-Webster|language=en|access-date=2019-03-26}}</ref> They are most notable for men's and women's [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball|basketball]], [[Hawaii Rainbow Wahine volleyball|volleyball]], [[baseball]], and [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|football]] programs. The university won the 2004 [[Intercollegiate Sailing Association National Championships]]. The women's volleyball program won NCAA championships in 1982, 1983 and 1987. The men's volleyball won an NCAA championship in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaneshiro |first1=Jason |title=Hawaii men's volleyball team sweeps BYU to capture NCAA championship |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2021/05/08/sports/sports-breaking/hawaii-mens-volleyball-team-sweeps-byu-to-capture-ncaa-national-championship/ |work=Honolulu Star-Advertiser |date=May 8, 2021}}</ref> The men's volleyball team had previously won an NCAA championship title game in 2002, but the title was later vacated due to violations.

The principal sports venues are [[Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex]], [[Stan Sheriff Center]], [[Les Murakami Stadium]], Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium, and the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex.

The university's athletic budget in FY 2008–2009 was $29.6 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2015/12/26/editorial/letters/article-about-monsanto-was-right-thing-to-do/|title=Article about Monsanto was 'right thing to do'|date=December 26, 2015|website=Honolulu Star-Advertiser}}</ref>

==Notable alumni and faculty==
{{main|List of University of Hawaii alumni}}
Notable alumni of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa include:

*[[Neil Abercrombie]] (M.A. 1964, PhD 1974), former governor of Hawaiʻi<ref name=":0" />
*[[Daniel Akaka]] (B.A. 1952, M.Ed. 1966), U.S. senator<ref name=":0" />
*[[Arsenio Balisacan]], PhD, 1985, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and Director General of the National Economic and Development Authority of the Philippines<ref name=":0" />
*[[Alice Ball|Alice Augusta Ball]] (M.S. Chemistry, 1915), chemist
*[[Robert Ballard]] (M.S. 1966), oceanographer<ref name=":0" />
*[[Rick Blangiardi]] (M.A 1973), 15th mayor of [[Honolulu]]
*[[Robert Blust]] (B.A. 1967, PhD 1974), linguist and Austronesian language expert<ref>{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://blusthawaii.wixsite.com/blust/about|access-date=2021-01-11|website=blust|language=en}}</ref><ref>Zeitoun, Elizabeth ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 齊莉莎; [[pinyin]]: ''Qi Li-sha'', 2007). [http://www.ntcu.edu.tw/taiwanese/ogawa100/a/tsuliau/4.%E9%BD%8A%E8%8E%89%E8%8E%8E-%E8%AC%9B%E7%BE%A9.pdf Three Western scholars' contributions to Formosan linguistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524070019/http://www.ntcu.edu.tw/taiwanese/ogawa100/a/tsuliau/4.%E9%BD%8A%E8%8E%89%E8%8E%8E-%E8%AC%9B%E7%BE%A9.pdf |date=May 24, 2011 }}. Paper presented at "The International Conference for the 100th anniversary of linguistics in Taiwan: In honor of the linguistics pioneer Professor Naoyosi Ogawa". 8–9 September 2007. National Taichung University, Taichung, Taiwan ROC.</ref>
*[[Tammy Duckworth]] (B.A. 1990), U.S. senator<ref name=":0" />
*[[Ann Dunham]] (Ph.D. 1992), anthropologist and mother of President [[Barack Obama]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Georgia Engel]] (B.A. 1967), actress
*[[Alan M. Friedlander]] (PhD. 1996), marine biologist
*[[Sonny Ganaden]] (J.D. 2006<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Nakaso|first1=Dan|last2=Kaya|first2=Travis|date=2010-07-09|title=The 'CJ' is saluted at school|url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2010/07/09/hawaii-news/the-cj-is-saluted-at-school/|access-date=2021-11-25|website=Honolulu Star-Advertiser}}</ref>), lawyer, journalist and member of the [[Hawaii House of Representatives]] from the 30th District; later a faculty member 
*[[Colleen Hanabusa]] (B.A. 1970, M.A. 1975, J.D. 1977), former U.S. congresswoman<ref name=":0" />
*[[Mazie Hirono]] (B.A. 1970), U.S. senator<ref name=":0" />
*[[Ana Paula Höfling]], dance researcher and academic
*[[Robert Huey]], Japanologist
*[[Daniel Inouye]] (B.A. 1950), U.S. senator<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://manoa.hawaii.edu/about/|title=About UH Mānoa {{!}} University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref>
*[[Ed Lu]], postdoctoral fellow, former NASA astronaut
*[[Patsy Mink]] (B.A. 1948), former U.S. congresswoman<ref name=":0" />
*[[Janet Mock]] (B.A. 2004), writer
*[[Esther T. Mookini]], linguist and translator
*[[Robyn Ah Mow-Santos]], 1996, USA Volleyball Team member and former Olympian<ref name=":0" />
*[[Richard Parsons (businessman)|Richard Parsons]] (B.A. 1968), businessman, former chairman of [[Citigroup]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Pat Saiki]] (B.S. 1952), former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and teacher<ref name=":0" />
*[[Michael Savage]] (M.S., 1970, M.A., 1972), author
*[[Jay H. Shidler]] (B.B.A. 1968) entrepreneur and benefactor of the Shidler College of Business<ref name=":0" />
*[[Linda Taira]] (B.A. 1978), former chief congressional correspondent for CNN<ref name=":0" />
*[[Mark Takai]] (B.A. 1990, M.P.H. 1993), U.S. congressman<ref name=":0" />
*[[Nainoa Thompson]] (B.A. 1986), navigator and former trustee of Kamehameha Schools<ref name=":0" />
*[[Corinne K. A. Watanabe]] (J.D. 1971<ref name=":23">{{Cite web|title=Associate Judge Corinne K.A. Watanabe|url=https://www.courts.state.hi.us/courts/appeals/associate_judge_corinne_ka_watanabe|access-date=2020-04-09|website=www.courts.state.hi.us|language=en}}</ref>), judge<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.courts.state.hi.us/courts/appeals/associate_judge_corinne_ka_watanabe|title=Associate Judge Corinne K.A. Watanabe|website=www.courts.state.hi.us|language=en|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref>

Notable faculty of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa include:
*[[Lee Altenberg]], theoretical biologist
*[[Mapuana Antonio]], public health academic
*[[Tom Apple]], physical chemist
*[[Kim Binsted]], computer scientist
*[[Lyle Campbell]], linguist
*[[Monique Chyba]], mathematician
*[[Edward DeLong]], atmospheric science, member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]]
*[[Mike Douglass (urban planner)|Mike Douglass]], urban planner
*[[David Duffy|David Cameron Duffy]], conservation biologist
*[[Kathy Ferguson]], political scientist
*[[Ruth Haas]], mathematician
*[[Richard S. Hamilton]], mathematician, member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]]
*[[Bruce Houghton]], vulcanologist
*[[Hope Ishii|Hope A. Ishii]], geophysicist
*[[Reece Jones (geographer)|Reece Jones]], geographer, [[Guggenheim Fellowship|Guggenheim Fellow]]
*[[Peripatric speciation|Kenneth Y. Kaneshiro]], evolutionary biologist
*[[David Karl]], microbiologist and oceanographer, member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]]
*[[Klaus Keil]], geophysicist
*[[Patrick Vinton Kirch]], archaeologist, member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]] 
*[[Denise Konan]], economist
*[[Michelle Manes]], mathematician
*[[Margaret McFall-Ngai]], biologist, member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]]
*[[Karen Jean Meech]], astronomer
*[[Michael J. Shapiro]], political scientist
*[[Steven M. Stanley]], paleontologist and evolutionary biologist, member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]]
*[[Manfred B. Steger]], sociologist
*[[Stephen Vargo]], marketing
*[[Bin Wang (meteorologist)|Bin Wang]], meteorologist
*[[Ryuzo Yanagimachi]], biologist, member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]]

Notable former faculty members include:
*[[Isabella Abbott]], ethnobotanist
*[[Glenn Cannon]], theatre
*[[Hampton L. Carson (biologist)|Hampton L. Carson]], evolutionary biologist
*[[Milton Diamond]], anatomist
*[[Jim Dator]], [[Futures studies|political-social science]] 
*[[Wilbur Davenport]], communications engineering, member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]]
*[[Ruth Gates|Ruth D. Gates]], marine biologist
*[[George Herbig]], astronomer, member of the [[National Academy of Sciences]]
*[[Robert A. Kinzie III]], biologist and zoologist 
*[[W. Wesley Peterson]], computer scientist and mathematician
*[[Joseph Rock]], botanist
*[[Harold St. John]], botanist
*[[Shunzo Sakamaki]], Japanese studies
*[[Richard Schmidt (linguist)|Richard Schmidt]], linguist
*[[Lani Stemmermann]], botanist, conservation biologist
*[[Satosi Watanabe]], theoretical physicist
*[[Reina Whaitiri]], English literature

==See also==
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*[[Hawai`i Institute of Marine Biology]]
*[[Hawaii Ocean Time-series]] (HOT)
*[[University of Hawaii Marching Band|University of Hawaiʻi Marching Band]]

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==References==
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