For information about the school or degree programs, contact the Student Services Office at arch@hawaii.edu.

For information regarding student loans and scholarships, contact the Financial Aid Services Office.

Professional Fee

All school students are assessed a professional fee each semester at the time tuition is paid. The professional fee for the 2019-2020 academic year is $500 per semester.

Other Requirements

Waiver or substitution of any required course must be approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies, or the Director of Graduate Studies.

Design Futures Lab

The Design Futures Lab has been established since August 2008. Students and faculty affiliated with the Hawai‘i Research Center for Futures Studies, and students and faculty affiliated with the School of Architecture of UH Manoa have been engaged in a project called “Campuses 2060.” The project explores the history, present situation, and alternative futures of institutions of higher education worldwide according to the overall “future” these institutions find themselves in, and the specific mission, participants, resources, pedagogy, and physical campus that they develop in response to each future. There have been three public presentations of their ongoing work so far. While the initial focus has been on UH Manoa, it is the intention of the project, still ongoing, to become a global resource for ideas and information about the futures of higher education anywhere.

Environmental Research & Design Lab

The Environmental Research and Design Laboratory, an inter-disciplinary research laboratory located in the School of Architecture, was formed to advance sustainable design through research, education, and community outreach, with the aim of improving the dynamic interaction among the built, natural, and human environments. The laboratory not only directly supports the teaching mission of the school, but regularly provides exceptional research and design assistance to the university, the local community, the State of Hawai‘i, and the greater professional community. In their positions supported by the Lab, student researchers learn to use quantitative building performance simulation tools to estimate energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and thermal comfort in buildings.

Student Organizations

The school houses a chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) as well as a student chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. These organizations engage in a number of social and community service activities. AIAS and has won numerous national awards.

The Gamma Mu Chapter of the Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society is open to DArch students who maintain a 3.0 or higher GPA and are at the top twenty percent of their class at the end of year two.

University of Hawai‘i Community Design Center (UHCDC)

The University of Hawai‘i Community Design Center is a teaching practice and outreach initiative led by the School of Architecture that provides a new platform for students, staff, faculty, and partnered professionals to collaborate on interdisciplinary applied research, planning, and design projects that serve the public interest. The center provides proof-of-concept services for the university, state, city, and non-profit organizations, which address the critical issues facing our communities. These projects offer service learning, opportunities across departments for students through academic instruction, internship, and post-graduate employment.

Scholarships and Awards

King Student Medal for Excellence in Architectural +
Environmental Research, Architectural Research Centers
Consortium (ARCC)
Alpha Rho Chi Medal, National Professional Fraternity for
Architecture and the Allied Arts
Henry Adams Medal and Certificate, American Institute of
Architects Award
Allen R. Johnson-Roy C. Kelley Architectural Travel Award
Architects Pacific Inc. Endowed Scholarship
AIA Honolulu Scholarship
Barry John Baker Scholarship
Bergum Scholarship
Donald G. Deer Memorial Scholarship
Gilman Hu Honolulu Chapter CSI Endowed Scholarship
HONBLUE Student Support Fund
Leighton Liu Endowed Scholarship
PBR Hawai‘i Scholarship
R. Richard Morris Memorial Scholarship
UH Manoa School of Architecture Practicum Fund
UHSAAA Scholarship Endowment