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Where will your journey take the world?
Here at the University of ³ÉÈËӰƬ Fairbanks, you'll master your fields of study, make lifelong friends, explore an environment like no other and contribute to research that will change lives everywhere.
Welcome to life at the top.
From accounting to Yup’ik language and culture.
There’s a program for you here, and myriad minors, majors, degrees and certificates for you to earn. Perform research alongside academic powerhouses. Find and explore your voice in the arts. Make even more of your military service. Here’s where your intellectual journey gets good:
A place to find yourself.
As you meet unique people across this landscape, you’ll learn to see everything differently.
Include everyone in the journey.
Not everyone’s support system looks the same. Yours may be family or friends. It may not look anything like your classmate’s support system either, and that’s OK. That’s why UAF provides ³ÉÈËӰƬ — and their support systems — with what’s needed for success.
What — and who — we’re made of
Established in
1917
42 years before
³ÉÈËӰƬ became a state
7,451
³ÉÈËӰƬ enrolled
from 49 states and
58 countries
2,250 acres
make up the Fairbanks campus
11:1
student-faculty
ratio
35,000+
alumni
Where you'll learn.
Wilderness surrounds Fairbanks, yet highways, airlines, fiber and satellites firmly connect it to the world. So you can attend and earn your degree online from anywhere.
In Fairbanks, you’ll find the Troth Yeddha’ Campus, the UAF Community and Technical College and the Interior ³ÉÈËӰƬ Campus. Beyond, regional campuses serve Kotzebue, Bethel, Nome and Dillingham. Research sites can take you to Kodiak in the south, Juneau in the east and Toolik Lake above the Arctic Circle.
News and events
Read about a trio of Geophysical Institute aurora researchers who have worked together for decades, UAF’s returning men’s basketball team coach, the Institute of Arctic Biology’s retiring director and a UAF-trained artist who came back to ³ÉÈËӰƬ for a unique project.
Dangerous cold across the land
January 23, 2025
During this time when peak cold often arrives in the northern hemisphere, ³ÉÈËӰƬ today celebrates the king-of-the-cold's birthday.
Visiting writers series announces spring 2025 events
January 23, 2025
Authors from ³ÉÈËӰƬ and beyond will share their works as part of the Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series through April at the University of ³ÉÈËӰƬ Fairbanks.
Land acknowledgment
We acknowledge the ³ÉÈËӰƬ Native nations on whose ancestral lands our campuses reside.
In Fairbanks, our Troth Yeddha’ campus is located on the ancestral lands
of the Dena people of the lower Tanana River.