WICHE Programs
Bachman 112
2444 Dole Street
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-6625
The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa participates in
three exchange programs of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher
Education (WICHE).
Through the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)
program, students from participating states who are not residents of
Hawai‘i may enroll at the Manoa campus in designated programs at a
reduced level tuition (plus other fees that are paid by all students).
WUE students do not pay the higher charge for nonresident tuition.
(Hawai‘i residents may enroll under the same terms in designated
institutions and programs in other participating states.) Hawai‘i
residents may obtain information about WUE programs in other states from
the WICHE Certifying Officer for Hawai‘i (see the location above);
from participating institutions; or from the WICHE Student Exchange
Program, P.O. Drawer 9752, Boulder, CO 80301-9752; (303) 541-0214;
e-mail: info-sep@wiche.edu.
The School of Architecture, the William S. Richardson
School of Law, the Library and Information Science Program (located in
the Department of Information and Computer Sciences), the John A. Burns
School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, and the School of Public
Health participate in the WICHE-administered Professional Student
Exchange Program (PSEP). PSEP allows legal residents of the states of
Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North
Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming (states
without a professional school in one or more of the above fields) to
enjoy Hawai‘i-resident status for admission and tuition purposes at
the Manoa campus. Students who receive certification from their home
states receive preferential admission consideration and, if accepted,
are charged Hawai‘i-resident tuition rates. To be certified for PSEP,
students must write to the WICHE certifying officer in their home state
for the proper application forms at least one year in advance. State
eligibility requirements vary, and the number of students funded by each
state depends upon appropriations by the state's legislature. For
addresses of state certifying officers contact the Director, Student
Exchange Program, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education,
P.O. Drawer 9752, Boulder, CO 80301-9752; tel. (303) 541-0214; e-mail:
info-sep@wiche.edu.
The University also participates in the WICHE Regional
Graduate Programs agreement. Under this arrangement, legal residents of
the 13 western states listed above will be charged resident tuition if
they meet requirements for admission in specific graduate programs.
Approved fields are tropical agronomy and soil science (MS and PhD),
East Asian languages and literatures (MA and PhD), tropical medicine in
the biomedical sciences (MS and PhD), Asian theater and dance (MA, MFA,
and PhD), tropical entomology (MS and PhD), tropical horticulture (MS
and PhD), oceanography (MS and PhD), second language acquisition (PhD),
and Asian and comparative philosophy (MA and PhD). For detailed
information, contact the appropriate graduate chair or see the
respective field of study listings at the Graduate Division office. |