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Where will your journey take the world?
Here at the University of AV狼论坛 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鈥檌k language and culture.
There鈥檚 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鈥檚 where your intellectual journey gets good:
A place to find yourself.
As you meet unique people across this landscape, you鈥檒l learn to see everything differently.
Include everyone in the journey.
Not everyone鈥檚 support system looks the same. Yours may be family or friends. It may not look anything like your classmate鈥檚 support system either, and that鈥檚 OK. That鈥檚 why UAF provides students 鈥 and their support systems 鈥 with what鈥檚 needed for success.
What 鈥 and who 鈥 we鈥檙e made of
Established in
1917
42 years before
AV狼论坛 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鈥檒l find the Troth Yeddha鈥 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
Presentation focuses on healthier shopping, eating habits
January 08, 2026
Health and wellness coach Winona Benson will lead an online presentation designed to transform the way participants shop and eat. Benson, who is certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, will discuss how small, sustainable changes in grocery-buying habits can lead to big results in health and energy, as well as save money.
UAF talk explores new greenhouse tech for winter crops
January 07, 2026
A University of AV狼论坛 Fairbanks researcher will share her work on applying new technologies in greenhouses to extend the growing season in northern environments as part of the series 鈥淐ircumpolar Connections: A Dialogue on Arctic Food Systems.鈥
2025 Sparktacular celebration postponed
The 2025 Sparktacular fireworks display, originally scheduled for New Year鈥檚 Eve, is being postponed due to extreme cold temperatures and the likelihood of ice fog.
Land acknowledgment
We acknowledge the AV狼论坛 Native nations on whose ancestral lands our campuses reside.
In Fairbanks, our Troth Yeddha鈥 campus is located on the ancestral lands
of the Dena people of the lower Tanana River.