Zoology Graduate Program Admissions

Application Deadline is December 15, 2023 for the Fall Semester 2024

Note:  You may apply at any time if you are a recent major fellowship awardee (e.g., NSF GRF, EPA STAR, NSERC, ARC, etc.).  In such cases, please contact zoolgrad@hawaii.edu for guidance.

For questions or problems with the application process, please call (808) 956-8303 or email lifesci@hawaii.edu.

There are two concurrent steps for applying for admission to the Zoology Graduate Program:  (1) completing your application (starting with this web page – see below), and (2) finding a graduate advisor. If you are accepted by our admissions committee, yet do not find an advisor, then you will not be accepted by the program, so it is important that you contact potential advisors directly. Listed below are Zoology Graduate Faculty who are possibly accepting new graduate students. Details regarding the Zoology Graduate Program admissions process are available in the handbook.

To apply for admission to the Zoology Graduate Program, please complete the following steps:

  1. If you have already applied to the UH Manoa Office of Graduate Division, and have had your official transcripts mailed there, you do NOT have to do so again. The Graduate Division will forward them to the Zoology Graduate Program.
  2. If you have NOT yet applied to the UH Manoa Office of Graduate Division, then please have your official transcripts mailed to: 

          Zoology Graduate Admissions         

          University of Hawaii at Manoa
           3190 Maile Way, St. John 101
          Honolulu, HI 96822

  1. Complete your applications to BOTH the UH Manoa Office of Graduate Division AND the Zoology Graduate Program in either order:
    1. Complete the general UH graduate application: UH Manoa Office of Graduate Education.
    2. Download and complete the Zoology Graduate Program supplemental application by clicking the following link:  Zoology Graduate Program Supplemental Form. Upload your completed Zoology Supplemental application to the UHM Graduate Division’s Supplemental Document website (https://documentupload.manoa.hawaii.edu/upload/#/login).
  2. Please remember to also submit the following documents to the Graduate Division Supplemental Document Website:
  • Resume or Curriculum Vitae
  • Statement of Objectives
  • 3 Letters of Recommendation

 It is important that you contact potential advisors directly to determine the level of mutual interest in working together.  Zoology graduate faculty possibly accepting students for Fall 2024 include:

Regular Level 3 Faculty (PhD or MS students):

Cooperating Level 3 Faculty (PhD or MS students):

Cooperating Level 2 Faculty (MS students only):