The 2024 Earth Department Newsletter has arrived!

Open Faculty Position for Assistant Professor in Marine Geophysics

UHM Begins Search for the New SOEST Dean

Department Features

• Engaging courses
• Placed-based learning in Hawai'i
• Cutting-edge facilities
• Recent Rankings: UHM is top 3% in the nation for "Geologic and Earth Sciences"
• Internationally recognized research in 4 divisions
• Geophysics and Tectonics ◆ Marine and Environmental Geology
• Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology ◆ Planetary Geoscience and Remote Sensing, hosted in HIGP

Mission Statement

• To identify and solve fundamental and applied problems in the Geosciences and Environmental Sciences; to acquire new knowledge about Hawaiʻi, the Pacific Basin, and Earth; to serve society by teaching and training future geoscientists, teachers, and citizens; and to be a principal resource for objective Earth science expertise to the state of Hawaiʻi.

Prospective Students

• Apply to our undergraduate program by January 5th (priority) or March 1st (final) for Fall admission
• See funded graduate program opportunities and apply by December 1 for Fall admission
• Browse our course list in the UH Mānoa catalog.
• Graduate students and post-doc opportunities (page content changes periodically).