University of Alaska Fairbanks
What you achieve at UAF is limited only by your imagination. You have a vision and an independent spirit. We have experts to guide you and a dare-to-be-great situation with your name on it. Chart your own academic path, with e-learning, customized majors, internships, honors and exchange programs, and more than 200 degrees and certificates. All you need is a will to succeed.
UAF inspires great people to do great things. The discoveries our students and researchers make affect how we live our lives, from home gardens to global policy. Extraordinary people don't live ordinary lives. We invite you to explore the possibilities of the Last Frontier — where inspiration is around every bend, independence is championed and adventure is inevitable.
Facts and figures
| Web | http://www.uaf.edu |
|---|---|
| Year Established | 1917 |
| Total Number of Staff | 2323 |
| Number of Academic Staff | 562 |
| Number of Students | 2498 |
| Focus Areas | Climate change |
| Web link for international students | https://www.uaf.edu/oip/ |
| Fields of Study Offered | Teacher training and education science (broad programmes) Arts (broad programmes) Social and behavioural science (broad programmes) Business and administration (broad programmes) Physical science (broad programmes) Engineering and engineering trades (broad programmes) Agriculture, forestry and fishery (broad programmes) Environmental protection (broad programmes) |
Latest programs
- Master Master of Education in People, Place, and Pedagogy
- Other Rural Human Services Certificate
- Bachelor BA in Rural Development
- Master Arctic and Northern Studies
- Other High Latitude Range Management Certificate
- Bachelor Alaska Native Studies
- Bachelor Alaska Native Languages
- Master Master in Rural Development
- Bachelor Homeland Security and Emergency Management
- Master Master of Security and Disaster Management
Latest courses
- Other Geosciences Field Camp
- Bachelor Master Polar Exploration and its Literature
- Bachelor Native Cultures of Alaska
- Bachelor Master Field Methods in Descriptive Linguistics I
- Bachelor Master Field Methods in Descriptive Linguistics II
- Bachelor Master Climate and Climate Change
- Master PhD International Permafrost Summer Course
- Bachelor Emergency Medical Technician I
- Bachelor Arctic Survival
- Master PhD 20th Century Circumpolar History