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Where will your journey take the world?
Here at the ºÚÁÏÉçapp, 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 students — and their support systems — with what’s needed for success.
What — and who — we’re made of
Established in
1917
42 years before
ºÚÁÏÉçappbecame a state
7,486
students enrolled
from 52 states / territories and
51 countries
2,250 acres
make up the Fairbanks campus
12:1
student-faculty
ratio
43,000+
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 ºÚÁÏÉçappCampus. 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 champion skier and runner Kendall Kramer, alumni award recipients Alan Straub and Wayne Donaldson, another successful Giving Day, UAF's high-achieving students, and more.
UAF webinar examines climate change impacts on salmon
September 12, 2025
A warming climate is both harming and helping salmon in northern regions, according to a ºÚÁÏÉçapp fisheries researcher. Peter Westley, principal investigator of the Salmonid Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Lab, will discuss the variable role of warming on Alaska’s salmon in a free statewide webinar hosted by the UAF Cooperative Extension Service.
Youths can learn barbecue basics at 4-H Grill Master Camp
September 12, 2025
Youths from fourth to 12th grade can learn about fire safety, food safety, starting a charcoal grill, seasoning meats and grilling different meats at the 4-H Grill Master Camp. Youths do not need to be members of 4-H to attend.
Land acknowledgment
We acknowledge the ºÚÁÏÉçappNative 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.