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Why choose SOEST? (click for more information)
- World-class research
- Strong academics
- Small class sizes and connected community
- Career opportunities
- Location
- Top Reasons to ‘Make Mānoa Yours’ (on YouTube)
- Join us at SOEST (on YouTube)
What can you do with SOEST degrees?
- Atmospheric Sciences Careers
- Earth Sciences Careers
- Global Environmental Science Careers
- The American Geosciences Institute (in collaboration with multiple geoscience societies) have created a series of Career Compass Infographics to help share relevant and recommended opportunities that will help interested students gain critical skills and experiences for a variety of careers in geosciences.
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(updated 02-06-24).
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(updated 02-06-24).
SOEST Undergraduate Program Brochure
- Find out what its like to be a student at SOEST. Our students are trained on state-of-the-art facilities and mentored to “find their passion” by leading researchers and educators as much in the field and lab as in the classroom.
SOEST Alumni Brochure
- Find out where our some of our graduates are now.
Summer Opportunities
- Early Start Program though Outreach College — Grade 12 incoming UHM students take classes the summer before starting college
- EP‘IK (Earth-Planets-ʻIke-Kuleana) Science at UHM for high school students
- Hawaii Undergraduate Initiative (HUI) is a summer leadership program for incoming students
- Hawai‘i Space Flight Laboratory — summer internships for high school students
- Marine Science Investigations at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology — Week-long hands-on summer program for high school students
- Visit our Public Outreach page for more opportunities for K–12 and beyond
- Research Experiences in Marine Science (REMS) — summer program for high school students at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology
- Summer Marine Mammal Intensive Learning Experience (SMMILE) — 10-day research program
- Summer Scholars Program — Grades 10 and 11 students can get a head start and take ERTH 101.
Year-long College Prep Programs
- Project Hokulani through UH College of Education is open to 9th–12th grade high school students on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, Kauaʻi, Molokaʻi, and Lānaʻi
- Upward Bound assists high school students with pursuing their educational and career goals through programs at Windward Community College (CC), UH Maui (Maui, Molokaʻi, and Lānaʻi) and UH Hilo.
How to Apply
Other Useful Resources
- Advising 101 (Start at 3:30)
- AP Scores
- Helpful Resources at UH
- IB Scores
- New Rainbow Warrior Orientation
- New Student Advising
- Placement exams
- Registration Checklist
- Transfer Database
- TRIO Student Support Services for first-generation college students
- Waitlist for a class
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Schedule an Appointment or Tour
- To schedule an appointment, click here or on the button below
- For a campus tour, please visit the UH Admissions website
- For a SOEST tour, click here or the button below and schedule an hour long prospective advising appointment and write in the notes you would like a tour
Contact us at soestsas@hawaii.edu, (808) 956-8763, or schedule an appointment using Star Balance.
“I love the outdoors and finding out how everything works and functions together as a whole is amazing to me. I am fascinated by how the earth works.”
— SOEST undergraduate