Kuleana Checklist SPRING 2025
Welcome to the HPU ‘Ohana! Here is where you will find simplified next steps to ensure you are ready for your arrival on campus. Check back periodically over the fall and winter to view Kuleana Checklists and watch 'Ohana Check-In recordings as we progress toward Spring!
COMPLETE YOUR KULEANA CHECKLISTS BELOW!
Make sure you're on the right track for a smooth transition to HPU! Kuleana means responsibility in Hawaiian. Complete YOUR Kuleana Checklists below!
MyHPU (my.hpu.edu) is your self-service student portal. If you haven’t already done so, go ahead and login for the first time. Click here for step-by-step instructions on MyHPU Account Creation.
Otherwise, sign in directly to your student portal by clicking the button above. Explore and get familiar!
Click the different tabs and icons in MyHPU to access important information regarding your:
- Financial Aid, Loans, and Scholarship requirements
- Tuition and Fees, eBill Statements *viewable when you are registered for at least one class*
- Housing Applications and Meal Plans
- Shark Shuttle Schedules and much more!
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO IN MYHPU PORTAL?
View academic and community events, HPU announcements, update your student profile, check your HPU email, view your degree plan, make online tuition payments, check your grades, and manage other important university business.
Be sure to sign-in to and/or set up your student email account early this fall to ensure you receive official university communications regarding your student account.
PRO TIP: Automatically forward your HPU emails to your personal email account so you don't miss important HPU announcements and deadlines this fall!
Please contact Information Technology Services (ITS) if you need to retrieve your username or if you run into any technical issues when logging into MyHPU for the first time.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
(ITS) HELP DESK
EMAIL: help@hpu.edu
CALL: (808) 566-2411
2. SATISFY FINANCIAL AID REQUIREMENTS IN MYHPU
If you’ve already filed your FAFSA, review your financial aid status by double-checking that you’ve submitted all paperwork necessary to receive aid. Financial documents must be verified through MyHPU.
Check your HPU email in MyHPU regularly.
FOLLOW PATH: my.hpu.edu > Student Services > Financial Aid > Offer/Requirements
Please contact Financial Aid with questions about federal student aid (FAFSA), scholarships, and loan status. And always include YOUR NAME AND HPU STUDENT ID NUMBER when contacting Financial Aid.
FINANCIAL AID
EMAIL: financialaid@hpu.edu
CALL: (808) 544-0253
3. LEVEL UP WITH PLACEMENT TESTING
If you are feeling extra ambitious early this FALL, consider leveling up through placement testing! Depending on your declared major, you may need to take a writing test, a math test or both. A unique voucher was assigned to you for writing, math, or both depending on the major you selected when you applied.
PLACEMENT TEST REQUIREMENTS BY MAJOR
Writing Placement Test: All Majors
Residential Honors students are exempt from the English writing placement assessment.
Math Placement Test: Business Administration, Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Science, Marine Biology, Mathematics, Oceanography
Click the button above to learn how you can access the placement tests.
ACT AND SAT SCORES
Depending on ACT, SAT, or other test results submitted at the time of applying, you may be exempt from placement testing.
Please review our placement guide and contact advising@hpu.edu if you believe you may be exempt.
Please contact Testing Services (CAS) with questions about English and Math placement testing.
CENTER FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS, TESTING SERVICES
EMAIL: assessment@hpu.edu
CALL: (808) 544-9334
Click the button above to find out who your Academic Advisor is so you know who you will be working with this fall to craft your spring schedule. Your Advisor will email you a pre-registration form after you submit your enrollment deposit.
If you have only submitted your enrollment deposit in the past two weeks, No stress! Your pre-registration form is coming!
Please contact Academic Advising with questions regarding registration and your class schedule.
ACADEMIC ADVISING
EMAIL: advising@hpu.edu
CALL: (808) 544-1198
APPLICATIONS FOR THE SPRING 2025 SEMESTER OPENED ON NOVEMBER 8!
- Submit Your Intent to Enroll Form and $200 Enrollment Deposit (if newly enrolled)
- Submit Your Housing Application and $400 Housing Deposit*
- Return Your Signed On-Campus Housing Agreement & Acceptance Form**
- Receive Your Housing and Roommate Assignment in August
*On-campus housing inventory is limited. If your housing application is received, and no housing is available, you will be informed within three business days that you have been placed on a waitlist.
**After submission of your housing application, a housing and meal plan agreement form will be sent to your HPU email account. Until this agreement form is submitted, your housing is not confirmed. Due to limited housing inventory, you are encouraged to sign and submit your housing agreement form upon receipt.
HOW TO APPLY
Step 1 - Go to the Housing Portal and log in with your MyHPU credentials.
Step 2 - Click on the Housing Application link in the top menu.
Step 3 - Follow the steps to complete your application.
MAKE SURE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION IN THE FINAL REVIEW STEP.
HOusing
EMAIL: housing@hpu.edu
CALL: (808) 544-1436
Get ready for your eBill coming early December!
Your investment in your education is a commitment to your future. The HPU Business Office provides you with the resources and support you need to understand and pay your account balance, embrace financial responsibility, and maintain a strong financial foundation on which to build your academic and extracurricular success.
New students and families, click the button above to learn more about planning to pay tuition.
Please contact the Business Office with questions regarding account charges on your eBill.
BUSINESS OFFICE
EMAIL: studentaccounts@hpu.edu
CALL: (808) 356-5272