Hawai‘i Pacific University is an international learning community set in the rich cultural context of Hawai‘i. Students from around the world join here for an American education built on a liberal arts foundation. It’s innovative undergraduate and graduate programs anticipate the changing needs of the community and prepare the graduates to live, work, and learn as active members of a global society. The university is one of the most culturally diverse universities in the world.

It provides a wide array of undergraduate and graduate programs designed to fit the lives and aspirations of the extremely diverse student body. The university is student centered. It shares a deep commitment to academic excellence, providing each student with personal attention and emphasizing an active learning environment that affords hands on opportunities while preparing students to make an immediate global impact.

The university main campus is located in downtown Honolulu, the business and financial center of the Pacific and it is home to the College of Business and College of Liberal Arts. It combines the excitement of an urban downtown campus with the serenity of a campus set in the green foothills of O’ahu’s Ko’olau Mountains, and its aquaculture research facility, Oceanic Institute, borders the ocean.