BEd Special Education
Specialization in secondary special education or severe disabilities and autism
Apply Now Instructions
Fall admissions
- Priority Deadline: February 1
- Final Deadline: March 1
COE Mākālei Application (free)
- Program Category: Apply to a Licensure Track Program
- Degree: Bachelor’s Degree
- Program: BEd in Special Education
- Select Program Options
- Select Track
- Mild/Moderate is for the Secondary Track (6-12)
- Severe/Autism is for the Severe Disabilities/Autism Track (PK-12)
- Location: Choose the island you will be participating from
- Select Track
- Complete Licensure Track Application Checklist – Once you begin an application, an email with tips for completing the application checklist will be sent to you)
- Submit Licensure Track Application
UH Mānoa Application for transfer students ($70 or free for Hawaii residents)
This application is only needed for students who are transferring or applying to UH Mānoa for the first time. Current UH Mānoa students or transfer students from the Ka‘ie‘ie program do NOT need to complete this step.
- Start a new UH System Application
- Select University of Hawai’i – Mānoa Fall 2025
- Step 1: About You
- Step 2: Your Academics
- Enrollment Plans
- Select Transfer (Unless you already have a bachelor’s degree, then select 2nd Bachelor)
- Planned Course of Study (Select one of the following)
- Special Education:Secondary Special Education, Mild/Moderate Disabilities-BEd
- Special Education:Severe Disabilities and Autism-BEd
- Enrollment Plans
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- Step 3: Final Steps Certify everything is correct
- Hawai‘i residents qualify for an application fee waiver. Non-residents pay the $70 application fee (non-refundable)
- Step 3: Final Steps Certify everything is correct
If you have any questions regarding these requirements, please contact one of our academic advisors at the Office of Student Academic Services: coe.hawaii.edu/osas
Transcripts
When applying to UHM, official transcripts must be submitted directly from your college or university to UH Mānoa. You are required to submit transcripts from each post-secondary institution you have attended (excluding any University of Hawaiʻi System institution: UHM, UHH, UHWO, or any Hawaii Community College). Unofficial, faxed, hand-carried, or student copies of academic documents will not be accepted.
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Office of Admissions
2600 Campus Road, Room 001
Honolulu, HI 96822-2385
If submitting official electronic transcripts, please send them to: manoa.admissions@hawaii.edu
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