About KCC Web
KCC History
KCC Overview
Make A Gift
Map of Campus
Online Tour
UH System
Visitor Services

Online Campus Tour KCC has been called the "Jewel of Diamond Head." Explore the spectacular Cactus Garden, the lush greenery & beautiful buildings. Find out more.

Quick Search

About KCC > UH System - UH System Schools

University of Hawaii System

Ten campuses comprise the UH system. The three baccalaureate institutions are UH Manoa, UH Hilo, and UH-West Oahu. Manoa is the founding baccalaureate, graduate, and research campus located in Manoa Valley on Oahu; Hilo is on the island of Hawaii; and West Oahu is on the western side of the island of Oahu.

There are seven community colleges: four on Oahu (Honolulu CC, Kapi'olani CC, Windward CC, and Leeward CC) and one each on the islands of Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii. The system also includes the Employment Training Center, a workforce training unit located on Oahu.

In addition to these campuses, the University of Hawaii operates learning centers and extension, research, and service programs at more than 70 sites in the state of Hawaii and is engaged in instructional, research, and service activities across the Pacific Islands and in various foreign countries. These institutions are governed by the University of Hawaii Board of Regents. The President of the University of Hawaii is the chief officer for the UH system.

Students on any of the campuses are also part of the larger system, with access to the full range of associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degree programs. Founded in 1907 under the auspices of the Morrill Act, University of Hawaii is one of twelve U.S. universities designated as land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institutions.

The seven degree-granting community colleges and the Employment Training Center are separate parts of the UH Community Colleges unit under the overall supervision of the Chancellor for Community Colleges. Each college has its own provost and administrative officers.

UH System Schools