About Brigham Young University Hawaii

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Brigham Young University–Hawaii (BYU-Hawaii) is a private academic circles in Laie, Hawaii. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). BYU-Hawaii was founded in 1955 as a satellite campus of Brigham Young University. In 2004, it was made a separate institution. The university’s sole focus is upon undergraduate education.

The academe is broadly organized into four colleges, and its parent organization, the Church Educational System (CES), sponsors sister schools in Utah and Idaho. Approximately 97 percent of the university’s 2,800 students are members of the LDS Church. BYU-Hawaii students are required to follow an praise code, which requires tricks in line past LDS teachings (e.g., academic honesty, adherence to dress and grooming standards, and abstinence from extramarital sex and from the consumption of drugs and alcohol). A BYU-Hawaii education is less expensive than thesame private universities since a large portion of tuition is funded by LDS Church tithing funds.

The university circles partners past the LDS Church-owned Polynesian Cultural Center, the largest active museum in the State of Hawaii, which employs concerning one third of the student body.

Laie (Hawaiian: Lāʻie) is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the Koolauloa District upon the island of Oahu (Oʻahu) in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States. In Hawaiian, lāʻie means “ʻie leaf” (ʻieʻie is a climbing screwpine: Freycinetia arborea). The population was 6,138 at the 2010 census.