The University of Hawaiʻi joins universities nationwide and more than 100 countries in celebrating International Education Week 2015, November 16–20. International Education Week is an opportunity to acknowledge the benefits of educational programs that prepare UH students in Hawaiʻi for a globally interconnected environment while attracting students and future international leaders to our campuses for study and exchange.
In its 16th year, International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. State Department and U.S. Education Department.
This annual week of recognition is intended to promote international understanding and build support for international educational exchange.
Links to UH international student information or to International Education Week events
- UH Mānoa
- UH Hilo
- UH West Oʻahu
- Hawaiʻi Community College
- Honolulu Community College
- Kapiʻolani Community College
- Kauaʻi Community College
- Leeward Community College
- Maui Community College
- Windward Community College
- UH System
More about UH’s international programs
In fall 2015, more than 2,700 international undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in credit courses at University of Hawaiʻi campuses, with 42 percent at UH Community Colleges. In addition, many more international students throughout the system participate in non-credit courses and short term programs. International students at UH come from more than 100 countries. The 10 countries with the most students at UH in fall 2015 are Japan, Republic of Korea, China, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Canada, Palau, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines.
In addition, UH engages in international partnerships with more than 100 institutions, offers Hawaiʻi students opportunities for study abroad and hosts more than 400 international scholars annually. The diverse faculty at UH Mānoa and across the UH System offer hundreds of courses that focus on the history, culture, politics, arts, economics, business, law and environment in Asia, the Pacific and worldwide. Hamilton Library on the UH Mānoa campus houses world-class collections on Asia, the Pacific, as well as on Hawaiʻi. Students can study foreign languages at all 10 campuses of the UH System. UH campuses have internationally recognized programs in astronomy culinary arts, earth science, hospitality and tourism, international business, marine biology, oceanography, linguistics and second language studies and Pacific Islands and Asian studies.
