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We're a top university
UAF is the only national university in Alaska, according to U.S. News and World Report's 2019 rankings. In fact, Times Higher Education ranked UAF among the world's best small universities in 2019.
We're accredited
The University of Alaska Fairbanks is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
We're military friendly
UAF has been designated a Military Friendly® School by GI Jobs magazine for the past eight years, and has been selected as a TOP SCHOOL by Military Advanced Education for the fourth year in a row.
We have a 360+ million-acre classroom
UAF was named the #1 college for hiking by Backpacker Magazine and the #12 U.S. college for outdoor adventures by the OutBound Collective.
More options, more opportunities
Launch a rocket. Monitor muskoxen. Study in Spain. It's your life. Make it off the charts or off the grid.
Whether Alaska is home or a new beginning, a UAF degree offers the ultimate opportunity: a chance to make a living doing what you love. So choose the path that intrigues you -- you never know where it might lead.
News
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Dirty glaciers all over the world
November 14, 2019When my boss, Sue Mitchell, was in Tibet recently, she asked a local guide if the glaciers there were shrinking. The guide told her no, the glaciers were fine. When she returned to Alaska, Mitchell asked the same question of glaciologist Martin Truffer, who also works at UAF’s Geophysical Institute. He said no, Himalaya glaciers are not fine. They are melting quickly, like other large bodies of ice all over the world.Read article -
Which came first in Alaska: cabins or bats?
November 7, 2019Wow, do Alaskans love bats! Last week’s column on little brown bats inspired three times the comments I usually get. People rang in with bat sightings from Nikiski to North Pole; a few offered up their secret spots to scientists who might want to study bats.Read article
Events
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Nov20
Head of World Bank women’s initiative to speak Nov. 20
Bunnell Building, Schaible Auditorium
6:30-8 p.m. -
Nov19-20
Extension to offer energy and home workshops
Atwood Conference Center in Anchorage, 550 W. Seventh Ave.
6-8 p.m. -
Nov15-24
Winter Shorts returns in November
Salisbury Theatre, 1718 Tanana Drive, Fairbanks campus
7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays