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Where will your journey take the world?
Here at the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ 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 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
AVÀÇÂÛ̳ became 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 and the UAF Community and Technical College. 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
This online edition of Aurora features a film about UAF hockey’s 100-year history, as well as articles about a popular intern program in energy research, the new planetarium, a thank-you to student firefighters and a geology academy for high school students.
Webinars highlight AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Native Plant Month
April 22, 2026
AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Cooperative Extension Service, in collaboration with the AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Native Plant Society, is hosting a series of free webinars to highlight native plants and animals and the challenges they face. All webinars will be from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesdays during May, which is AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Native Plant Month.
Webinar to discuss ways to reduce firewood drying time
April 22, 2026
It can take significant time and effort to turn an Interior AVÀÇÂÛ̳ spruce or birch tree into dry firewood, but a recent study demonstrates ways to shorten and improve the efficiency of the process. Georgia Houde will discuss the findings of the study conducted by University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks researchers Jessie Young-Robertson and Matt Robertson in a free webinar from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29.
Land acknowledgment
We acknowledge the AVÀÇÂÛ̳ 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.