Summer Opportunities for High School Students
“I enjoyed taking a college course and experiencing the life of a college student…”
Summer Sessions student
Summer Sessions at UH Mānoa are less hectic, with smaller class sizes and more opportunities for interaction with instructors and fellow classmates.
Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
July 10 – 14, 2023
8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
If you are currently in grades 10-12 . . .
This week-long summer program provides an engaging learning opportunity for students interested in health professions. Through gross anatomy laboratory demonstrations, clinical skills laboratories, computerized manikin simulations and standardized patient interactions, students will learn how to:
- describe the epidemiology, signs and symptoms, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of illnesses common in Hawai‘i;
- perform basic clinical skills such as measuring vital signs and listening to the heart and lungs with stethoscopes; and
- interview and counsel patients.
This course is not graded and not for college credit. To be notified when the application becomes available, please email summer.programs@hawaii.edu.
Marine Science Investigations at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology
July 17 – 21, 2023, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
If you are currently in grades 9 – 12…
This week-long summer program provides an engaging, hands-on learning opportunity for students interested in marine science research. Weather permitting, activities planned include a marine bioacoustics laboratory, sea urchin spawning and fertilization laboratory, ocean acidification laboratory, reef transects and data analyses, a science walking tour of the island and an in-water swim assessment.
The program will take place at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology at Moku o Lo‘e in Kāne‘ohe Bay, part of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at UH Mānoa. Students will take a shuttle boat ride (approximately 3 minutes) from the Lilipuna Pier to Moku o Lo‘e (Coconut Island). This course is not graded and not for college credit. To be notified when the application becomes available, please email summer.programs@hawaii.edu.
Summer Scholar Program
Session 1: May 22 – June 30, 2023
Session 2: July 3 – August 11, 2023
Midsummer Session: June 13 – July 21, 2023
If you are currently in grades 10 or 11…
Join the Summer Scholar Program and earn college credits during six weeks in the summer. Upon acceptance to the program, qualified high school sophomores and juniors can register for University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Summer 2023 courses and experience the college environment while still in high school.
Early Start Program
July 3 – August 11, 2023
If you are currently in grade 12 and coming to UH Mānoa in Fall 2023…
Get an early start on your college experience with the Early Start Program. Ease in to college with one or two classes in the summer and take advantage of additional resources and activities designed specifically to make your transition from high school to college a smooth one.