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Where will your journey take the world?
Here at the University of É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ 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 YupÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™ik language and culture.
ThereÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™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. HereÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™s where your intellectual journey gets good:
A place to find yourself.
As you meet unique people across this landscape, youÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™ll learn to see everything differently.
Include everyone in the journey.
Not everyoneÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™s support system looks the same. Yours may be family or friends. It may not look anything like your classmateÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™s support system either, and thatÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™s OK. ThatÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™s why UAF provides students É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ” and their support systems É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ” with whatÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™s needed for success.
What É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ” and who É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ” weÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™re made of
Established in
1917
42 years before
É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ became a state
7,451
students 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, youÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™ll find the Troth YeddhaÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™ Campus, the UAF Community and Technical College and the Interior É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ 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 the opening of a new race trail for cross-country skiing on campus, the 40 years of history at student radio station KSUA-FM, the effort to restore nearby Cripple Creek, and much more.
Museum programs explore skulls in October
October 04, 2024
The University of É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ Museum of the North is focusing on skulls during family programs in October.
É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ peregrine falcon numbers drop again
October 03, 2024
Skip Ambrose has floated the upper Yukon River almost every year since Richard Nixon was President. Back then, in 1973, only 12 pairs of peregrine falcons perched at nest sites over a 180-mile stretch of river.
Land acknowledgment
We acknowledge the É«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ Native nations on whose ancestral lands our campuses reside.
In Fairbanks, our Troth YeddhaÉ«ÊÓƵÏÂÔØ™ campus is located on the ancestral lands
of the Dena people of the lower Tanana River.