UAF Graduate School
The Graduate School supports the creativity and productivity of our graduate students as they pursue their discoveries here at UAF. We oversee graduate programs, academic processes and policies at UAF. We support grad students through our professional development and training programs, orientation programs, social and wellness events, advisory board, and scholarships and fellowships. We work closely with departments and programs to follow students’ progress and are ready to help with questions and concerns. We host a student advisory board to guide our practices and programming.
Earn your graduate degree at UAF
The University of Alaska Fairbanks offers post-baccalaureate certificates, graduate certificates, master's degrees and doctoral degrees, and it supports professional licenses. In addition to degrees in distinct disciplines, we offer a graduate interdisciplinary program where students can design a degree that draws on multiple disciplines.
About our students
UAF enrolls over 1,000 students in graduate studies from all 50 states, and numerous territories and countries around the world. Our students pursue both professional and research degrees. Graduate study areas span the arts, business, education, engineering, humanities, Indigenous studies, and social and natural sciences.
News, events and deadlines
Elizabeth Parry
Ph.D. Biological Sciences
Parry's Ph.D. is focused on developing a new tool to measure food security using a One Health lens, with a particular focus on Alaska Native populations.
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Paul H. McCarthy Award accepting applications
October 09, 2024
Individual undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines at the University of Alaska are eligible and invited to apply for an award of $2,500 to support their research using the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections and Archives at the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library. One award is available annually. The deadline to apply is Nov. 3, 2024, by 11:59 p.m.
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UAF Troth Yeddha' PhD Fellowship
March 08, 2024
The UAF Troth Yeddha’ Ph.D. Fellowship is a new opportunity with funding available to support a limited number of Ph.D. students over the upcoming year (through spring 2025) starting May 5.
Important deadlines