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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 ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ research assistant professor collecting snow samples.](/uaf/images/TP-16-4838-210.jpg)
![A group of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ students pose outside the Wood Center](/uaf/images/JR-18-5897-133_ambassadors.jpg)
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.
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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.
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News and events
Former student-athlete learns the value of giving back
Ryan Muspratt, recipient of the 2024 Distinguished Alumnus Award, reached beyond personal goals after a hockey injury and never looked back.
September museum programs explore sketching
September 06, 2024
The University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Museum of the North will focus on sketching during family programs in September.
New research has implications for Fairbanks winter air quality improvement
September 04, 2024
Work led by University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ Fairbanks and Georgia Institute of Technology researchers shows that the effort to improve Fairbanks' wintertime air quality by reducing the amount of primary sulfate in the atmosphere may not be as effective as intended in the deep cold.
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.