Admitted Students

Next Steps

We are excited to welcome you as a new student to our campus! Below are links that will be helpful as you take your next steps as a graduate student at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Create your UH Username: UH Username | University of Hawaii System

This gives you access to the following:

1. 1. Google@UH (Your UH Mānoa email account)
  2. MYUH Services (access your account and financial aid information)
  3. STAR GPS (register for classes, search for and apply for scholarships)
  4. Lamakū (communicate with your professors and complete class assignments)

ITS Help Desk
Email: help@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-8883

2. Registration

STAR is the gateway to student registration. You must have a UH Username to register and pay tuition. Registration timetables for newly accepted, re-admitted, transfer and PBU students are posted on https://www.hawaii.edu/myuhinfo/uh-manoa/.

English Language Placement

If you are required to take the ELI Placement Examination an English Language Institute (ELI) placement examination request form is included with your admissions letter. You must clear this test requirement before you will be allowed to register.

Post-Baccalaureate Unclassified

PBU students are encouraged to review the UH Mānoa catalog for course prerequisites. PBU students may not register for 699 (Directed Reading), 700 (Thesis) or 800 (Dissertation); PBU students need approval from the graduate chair to take 600-700 level courses at UH Mānoa.

3. Review Tuition and fees

Review the tuition and fee schedule from the Office of the Registrar.

4. Review Financial Aid

Review the programs available from Financial Aid Services.

FAFSA Priority Deadline: February 1
To apply, submit a free application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by February 1, or as soon as possible. The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Federal School Code is: 001610. Please note that many scholarship deadlines occur during the first few months of each new year.

Financial Aid Office Contact
Email: finaid@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 956-7251 / Fax: (808) 956-3985

5. Submit Health Clearance

Our campus has partnered with Med+Proctor for the clearance of Health Immunization Records. For instructions and deadlines, please visit Office of the Registrar's Health Clearance Requirements. All students must comply with health clearance requirements to attend classes.

6. Submit Additional Transcripts and Documents

Documents Required to Complete Admissions Application: If official transcripts, official academic records, degree certificates or official test scores etc. are requested in your admission letter, you will need to clear those requirements by submitting your outstanding documents to Graduate Division before conducting your registration.

Final Transcripts with Degree Awarded: If final official academic record requirements are requested in your admission letter and to ensure continued registration and enrollment as a graduate student, all final official transcripts, academic records and degree certificates must be received by the Graduate Division no later than October 15 for fall semester and March 1 for spring semester. Please contact Graduate Student Services as soon as possible if you do not expect to graduate with your undergraduate degree by the date listed on your application. If you are a UH System graduate, you do not need to submit additional transcripts.

7. Review graduate student housing

Open to all majors, the new Walter Dods, Jr. RISE Center is a cutting-edge live-learn-work facility that brings together under one roof: student housing, co-working and maker spaces, startups, and programs which include mentorship, startup training, skills development, and funding from the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE). Applications for this privately managed student housing are accepted year-round (pending availability). Operated by B.HOM Student Living, visit the RISE website to learn more

Off-Campus Housing

The communities surrounding UH Mānoa offer a vast array of apartment and home rental opportunities at a variety of price points. Off-Campus Housing is operated by Off Campus Partners in partnership with Apartments.com.

Please note that off-campus accommodations are privately managed are in no way affiliated with UH Mānoa or Student Housing Services. Students are expected to conduct their own due diligence prior to entering into a rental agreement and neither the University of Hawaii, nor Student Housing Services, assume any liability from issues or disputes that arise from off-campus housing arrangements.

8. Post-Baccalaureate Unclassified Students (PBU)

If you have been accepted as a Post-Baccalaureate Unclassified (PBU) student, your PBU status means that you are not enrolled in a degree granting program or an academic unit. Certain benefits and services offered to classified students will not be available to you. You do not qualify for the all types of federal financial aid available to classified students; therefore financial assistance is limited or may not be available as a PBU student.

Continuous Registration as a PBU Student

You must be registered for at least one credit each semester at the UH-Mānoa Campus. If you miss a semester of registration, you lose your status as a PBU student and must re-apply for admissions by July 15 for fall semester admissions and December 15 for spring semester admissions.