Overview

Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures / Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures is located in Honolulu, HI, in an urban setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration
Master of Arts (MA)	Chinese
Master of Arts (MA)	Korean
Master of Arts (MA)	Japanese
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Japanese
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Korean
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	Chinese

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	27
Doctoral Degrees	8

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?	No

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE 2 Foreign Languages Thesis Optional
Doctoral Degrees	Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

52

Applied

26

Accepted

16

Enrolled

Applying

100

Application Fee - Domestic

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	February 1st	February 1st	No
Spring deadline	September 1st	September 1st	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 560 TOEFL IBT score: 83
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 5

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Types of financial support available	Institutionally-sponsored Loans Tuition waivers for student who do not receive fellowships or assistantships Federal Work-Study

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Chinese, Japanese, and Korean linguistics; pedagogy; modern/premodern Chinese, Japanese, and Korean literature
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	0

Location & Contact

Address 2500 Campus Road
Honolulu, HI  96822
United States

Contact Ming-Bao Yue
Chair
Email: mingbao@hawaii.edu
Phone: 808-956-7047
Fax: 808-956-9515

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