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Where will your journey take the world?
Here at the ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ, 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
Alaska became a state
7,451
students enrolled
from 49 states and
58 countries
2,250 acres
make up the ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ campus
11:1
student-faculty
ratio
35,000+
alumni
Where you'll learn.
Wilderness surrounds ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ, yet highways, airlines, fiber and satellites firmly connect it to the world. So you can attend and earn your degree online from anywhere.
In ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ, you’ll find the Troth Yeddha’ Campus, the UAF Community and Technical College and the Interior Alaska 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 champion skier and runner Kendall Kramer, alumni award recipients Alan Straub and Wayne Donaldson, another successful ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ Day, UAF's high-achieving students, and more.
Webinar covers the basic methods of food preservation
July 28, 2025
Get the most out of the food you have grown, harvested or bought during a free one-hour overview of food preservation methods. Attendees will learn how to extend the life of their food using a variety of preservation methods, including refrigeration, root cellars, pickling, fermenting, making jams and jellies, dehydrating, boiling water canning and pressure canning.
UAF Day at the fair scheduled for July 29
July 25, 2025
The ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ will host UAF Day at the Tanana Valley State Fair on Tuesday, July 29. UAF employees, students, alumni and friends will receive $1 off admission by wearing UAF apparel or showing their PolarExpress card. The day will include UAF activities throughout the fairgrounds.
Land acknowledgment
We acknowledge the Alaska Native nations on whose ancestral lands our campuses reside.
In ´ºË®ÌÃÊÓƵ, our Troth Yeddha’ campus is located on the ancestral lands
of the Dena people of the lower Tanana River.