UHM Graduate Division - Degree Requirements

Degree Requirements

Residence Requirements

Residence is defined as registration. Transfer credits may not be used to reduce UHM residence requirements. For part-time students, each eight credits completed as a degree-seeking graduate student will be equivalent to one full-time semester of residence.

Degree Program

Minimum Residence Requirements

Graduate Certificate

one full-time semester or the equivalent in credits

Master's Degree

two full-time semesters or four summer sessions* or the equivalent in credits

* Summer sessions generally last six weeks but may vary in length from three to ten weeks.

Doctorate

three full-time semesters or the equivalent in credits

A master's degree earned at UHM in the same field may be used to satisfy two semesters of the three-semester doctoral residence requirement.