International Exchange Frequently Asked Questions University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

International Exchange is one of the What are the requirements to be an many ways the University of Hawai‘i at exchange student? Mānoa’s commitment to international An exchange student should have education and understanding is sophomore standing or higher; the minimum demonstrated. Various academic units on the GPA requirement ranges from 2.5 to 3.0. UHM campus, with the assistance of the

UHM International Exchange Coordinator, What are the application deadlines? maintain and support international exchange For students coming to UHM, the agreements with universities around the application deadline is April 1 for the Fall world. semester and September 15 for the Spring International Exchange provides an semester. For UHM students going overseas, opportunity for UHM undergraduate and the application deadline for some schools is graduate students to study overseas and also as early as February 15 or March 1 for the allows students from our overseas partner Fall semester. So plan ahead and contact the universities to study at UHM. An exchange International Exchange Coordinator for may be for one or two semesters. Some of more information.

the exchange agreements are for students Do exchange students get transfer with specific majors, but most are open to credit? any student. Participants are registered as Yes. After an exchange student completes full-time students at their home university his/her program of study, the host while on exchange, pay their normal tuition institution will send a transcript to the home to the home university and do not pay institution. The home institution then applies tuition at the host university. They are, the appropriate transfer credit. Exchange however, responsible for travel costs, flight students should discuss with their academic arrangements, housing and meals. The host advisor and exchange coordinator the classes university provides information on housing they plan to take at the host institution before Norway options. going overseas. Singapore A student exchange agreement with an

overseas university can be proposed by any Korea The Netherlands of the academic units on the UHM campus. Contact Information French Polynesia Japan Exchange agreements are always based on Darrell Kicker reciprocity, so the UHM academic unit must Taiwan Germany International Exchange Coordinator Thailand confirm that UHM students are willing to go Moore Hall 316 abroad and that these students will benefit Sweden New Zealand from the exchange. Phone: (808) 956-4728 Email: [email protected] Denmark For more information contact the Hong Kong France International Exchange Coordinator. International Exchange Website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/international/ie/ Australia United Kingdom

UHM Exchange Partners Australia Korea (continued) Deakin University Seoul National University Monash University Sogang University University of Tasmania Soonchunhyang University University of Technology, Sydney Norway Sweden Sungkyunkwan University UK Denmark Yonsei University Denmark Netherlands Aarhus School of Business The Netherlands Copenhagen Business School Germany Korea Leiden University France Japan France New Zealand Reims Management School Taiwan University of Auckland

Hong Kong University of Otago French Polynesia Victoria University of Wellington Thailand University of French Polynesia University of Waikato French

Germany Polynesia Norway WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Singapore University of Bergen Management

Hong Kong Singapore Australia Chinese University of Hong Kong National University of Singapore Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong University of Science and Japan (continued) Sweden Technology Rikkyo University Lund University Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University New Zealand Japan University of the Ryukyus Taiwan Aichi University Sophia University National Sun Yat-Sen University Doshisha University Taisho University National Taiwan University Hiroshima University Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Hiroshima City University Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology Thailand Hitotsubashi University Waseda University Burapha University Hokkaido University Korea Chulalongkorn University Kanazawa Institute of Technology Mahidol University Kansai University Cheju National University Ewha Womans University Thammasat University Keio University Korea University Kyoto University United Kingdom Nanzan University Kyungpook National University Sangmyung University London Contemporary Dance Nihon University School