Transfer Students

As you consider the option to transfer into the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, we have collected information and resources to assist you. If you are unsure about the majors we offer at UH Mānoa and would like to get more information, please click through the different sections below.


Where is Liberal Arts?

Many Community Colleges offer Liberal Arts as an associate’s level degree. Here at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, we do not offer Liberal Arts as a degree. We would like to emphasize the fact that students get their liberal arts education through the general education courses offered here. Therefore, in order to graduate, students are required to choose a major. In the event that students are interested in Liberal Arts, they will be admitted into the Exploratory Program in order to find a major that sparks their interest and potential future careers.

For a complete list of programs and degrees within the UH system, please visit the Degrees and Programs List.

A complete list of the majors offered at UH Mānoa can be found on our Advising Guide website.

If no major is quite your size or shape, you may find a better fit through the Interdisciplinary Studies Program. It enables interested and qualified students to arrange interdisciplinary “major equivalents” for B.A. degrees.

Exploratory Major Paths

Below are the six different exploratory paths we offer. If you click on a link, you will be able to get more information as well as see the different majors that are related to the path.

Meeting with Advisors

If you would like to meet with an advisor, navigate through the following pages to find the appropriate advisor associated with your major of choice.

If you are seeking to meet with an advisor from a specific college/major, follow this link to the directory of advisors:

Declaring a Major

When you have chosen a major that they would like to obtain, it’s time to declare the major. To declare a major, you will need to meet with an advisor from the intended school within UH Manoa that they are trying to major in.

Transfer Resources

Ka‘ie‘ie Program

Ka‘ie‘ie is a degree pathway program with the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (UHM). It is a dual-admission, dual-enrollment program for students who are pursuing a four-year undergraduate degree, but choose to begin their degree at on of the Univerisity of Hawai‘i Community Colleges. It is focused on students successfully transferring from these UH system campuses to UHM while completing their academic degrees.

For more information regarding the Ka’ie’ie program, please refer to the link below:

UH System Transfer

The UH System Transfer Website provides general information on transferring to/from the different colleges within the UH system; please click on the link below to visit the UH System Transfer site.

Transfer Credit Evaluation

The Course Transfer Database website contains a searchable database of course equivalencies for UH campuses, as well as other colleges and universities.

The evaluation of courses on this site is an unofficial guide. Transferability of any given course is not guaranteed until an official transfer credit evaluation is completed. Specific course equivalencies require review based upon the unique characteristics of each college and university, and may differ from one institution to another. Be sure to contact an academic advisor, as the database is regularly updated and subject to change.

Mānoa Transfer Coordination Center

The Mānoa Transfer Coordination Center (MTCC) helps students in the Ka’ie’ie Program transfer smoothly from a participating University of Hawai’i system campus to the University of Hawaii at Mānoa (UHM) by providing advising support throughout the transfer process.