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Where will your journey take the world?
Here at the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks, 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 ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ 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
ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ became a state
7,451
students enrolled
from 49 states and
58 countries
2,250 acres
make up the Fairbanks campus
11:1
student-faculty
ratio
35,000+
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 ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Community and Technical College and the Interior ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ 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
Chancellor's Forum on Enrollment
Chancellor Dan White will host a forum on ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ's Vision on Tuesday, April 1, at 1 p.m. in the Wood Center Ballroom. The chancellor will present and then facilitate a round table discussion with members of his Core Cabinet about ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ's Enrollment.
Two NASA rockets launch from Poker Flat, third rocket expected
March 26, 2025
Two NASA sounding rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks early Tuesday morning in a mission aimed at learning more about how the aurora affects the upper atmosphere.
Making sense of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ's changing environment
March 25, 2025
Changes in ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ's environment are evident all across the state, but the details vary greatly. In a webinar hosted by the Anchorage office of the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ climate specialist Rick Thoman will share a broad overview of observed changes around ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ, from snow and ice to heat and wildfire.
Land acknowledgment
We acknowledge the ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Native 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.