The University of Hawaiʻi, formally the University of Hawaiʻi System and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, doctoral and post-doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment training center, three university centers, four education centers and various other research facilities distributed across six islands throughout the State of Hawaiʻi in the United States. All schools of the University of Hawaiʻi system are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Colleges and universities

University of Hawaiiʻi at Manoa
University of Hawaiiʻi at Hilo
University of Hawaiiʻi-West Oahu Universities

Hawaiʻi Community College
Honolulu Community College
Kapiʻolani Community College
Kauaʻi Community College
Leeward Community College
Maui Community College
Windward Community College Community colleges

College of Pharmacy
John A. Burns School of Medicine
William S. Richardson School of Law Professional schools

Institute for Astronomy
Lyon Arboretum
W. M. Keck Observatory
Mauna Kea Observatory
Waikīkī Aquarium Research facilities

University of Hawaiʻi Center West Hawaiʻi
University of Hawaiʻi Center Kauaʻi
University of Hawaiʻi Center Maui University centers

Molokaʻi Education Center
Lānaʻi Education Center
Hana Education Center
Waiʻanae Education Center Education centers
The mission of the University of Hawaiʻi system is to provide quality college and university education and training; create knowledge through research and scholarship; provide service through extension, technical assistance, and training; contribute to the cultural heritage of the community; and respond to state needs. The campuses, organized under one board, differentially emphasize instruction, research, and service. The system's special distinction is found in its Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific orientation and international leadership role. Common values bind the system together: aloha; academic freedom and intellectual vigor; institutional integrity and service; quality and opportunity; diversity, fairness, and equity; collaboration and respect; and accountability and fiscal integrity.

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The University seal contains a torch and a book titled Malamalama (the light of knowledge) in the center of a circular map of the Pacific, surrounded by the state motto, Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻaina i ka pono ("The life of the land is perpetuated in (by) righteousness".) The University motto, inscribed in both the Hawaiian and English languages on Founders' Gate at the Mānoa campus is Ma luna aʻe o na lahui a pau ke ola o ke kanaka ("Above all nations is humanity").

University seal

List of University of Hawaii faculty
List of University of Hawaii alumni Presidents
The University's governing board includes a current student appointed by the Governor of Hawaiʻi to serve a two-year term as a full voting regent. The practice of appointing a student to the Board was approved by the Hawaiʻi State Legislature in 1997.

Mr. Michael A. Dahilig (2005-present)
Mr. Trent K. Kakuda (2003-2005)
Mr. Capsun M. Poe (2001-2003)
Mr. Sat Khalsa (1999-2001)
Mr. Wayne Panoke (1998)