Financial Aid
The Department offers financial aid in the form of scholarships, tuition
waivers, graduate teaching assistantships and graduate research assistantships. In
addition, student loans, scholarships and other forms of financial
aid are available from the University through the Office
of Financial Aid Services. More than half of our graduate
students receive some form of financial support.
Scholarships (For more information on undergraduate scholarships click here)
Undergraduate and Graduate
- American Society of Civil Engineers/Walter Lum Scholarship – $1,500
per year - Beavers Scholarship – $20,000 over 2 years (2004-2006)
- Chevron Scholarship Fund – $1,500 per academic year
- John S. Farmer (CCPI) Scholarship Fund – $1,500 for one semester
per year - Larry K. Matsuo Scholarship – $3,000 per year
- Nagamine Okawa Engineers Scholarship Fund – $500 per year
- Ralph B. Hubbard, Jr. Memorial Scholarship – $750 per academic
year - Regent Donald Chang Won Kim Scholarship – $1,000
- Richard M. Towill Scholarship – At least amount of one year”s
tuition - Wilfred J. Holmes Memorial Scholarship – $750 per year
Undergraduate Only
- Actus Lend Lease Outstanding Scholar Award – tuition plus $4,000
per year for four years - AES Kalaeloa Venture, LLC – $1,000 per semester
- Chi Epsilon National Civil Engineering Honor Society Scholarship – $2,000 per year
- Eric N. Jacobsen – resident tuition for two consecutive years
- Everett E. Black Trust – up to $3,000 per semester
- Hands of Hope Foundation – $1,000 per academic year
- Hawaiian Cement Intern Scholarship – $2,000 per academic year
- Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co. (HDDC) Scholarship – $1,500 per year for two years
- J. Watumull Scholarship – approximately $1,000 per year
- Kiewit Pacific Company Scholarship – $1,000 per academic year
- Patrick L. MacDonald Memorial Scholarship – $1,000 per academic year
- Roswell M. & Jeanie Towill Scholarship – approximately $1,500 per year
- St. George Fund – $1,000
- Sam and Yukino Hirota Scholarship – $1,000 per academic year
- Steve Fong Scholarship – $3,000 per academic year
- Structural Engineers Association of Hawaii (SEAOH) Scholarship – approximately $500 per year
Tuition Waivers
The Department has a limited number of tuition waivers for undergraduate
and graduate students. These waivers usually require the
performance of tasks such as grading or assisting with the instruction
of a laboratory course.
Graduate Teaching Assistantships
Graduate teaching assistantships consist of tuition remission, a
monthly stipend (11 months) and health benefits. Duties usually involve
assistance with teaching of laboratory courses and grading. A
limited number of these assistantships are available each year and
they are typically limited to one year per student. Preference
is given to incoming graduate students without any other form of
financial aid.
Graduate Research Assistantships
Graduate research assistantships are provided by individual faculty
members for assistance in carrying out specific research projects. These
assistantships consist of tuition remission, a monthly stipend (11 months)
and health benefits. The length of the assistantship and the duties
involved are by agreement with the sponsoring faculty member. For
information, interested students are directed to faculty members
in their area of interest.