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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 No. 10 among the world's best small universities in 2018.
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 learning options = more learning 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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Satellite tags reveal what’s eating older chinook salmon
May 13, 2019Sometimes being a scientist requires a bit of detective work. Andy Seitz, a researcher at the UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, needed his detective hat when an alarming number of his fish tags started popping up to the surface of the ocean early.Read article -
Juneau company makes waves with kelp
May 13, 2019Wild salmon, king crab and halibut are hallmarks of Alaska cuisine. But another ocean product is increasingly making it way onto store shelves and dinner plates.Read article
Events
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May22
Food safety training offered May 22
Various locations
8 a.m.-5 p.m. -
May18
UAF to host 11th annual Really Free Market
Lola Tilly Commons parking lot
10 a.m. -
May1-31
May museum programs explore migration
UA Museum of the North
Varies