The
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (also known as
U.H. Mānoa, the
University of Hawaiʻi, or simply
U.H.) is a
public co-educational research university, and is the flagship campus of the greater
University of Hawaiʻi system. The school is located in
Mānoa, an affluent neighborhood of
Honolulu,
Honolulu County,
Hawaiʻi,
United States, approximately three miles east and inland from
downtown Honolulu and one mile (1.6 km) from
Ala Moana and
Waikiki. The campus occupies the eastern half of the mouth of
Mānoa Valley. The John A. Burns School of Medicine, part of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, is located in
Kaka'ako, adjacent to the
Kaka'ako Waterfront Park. It is accredited by the
Western Association of Schools and Colleges from the western mainland of the U.S.A. and is governed by the
Hawaii State Legislature and a semi-autonomous board of regents, which in turn, hires a president to be administrator. This university campus also houses the main offices of the entire University of Hawaiʻi System.