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Where will your journey take the world?
Here at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, 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.
Resident tuition for all
Starting in fall 2027, we’ve unlocked Alaska by eliminating out-of-state tuition! At the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø you’ll automatically receive the in-state tuition rate, regardless of where you’re coming from.
Come North for a world-class education within your reach, and an adventure that you won’t find anywhere else in the country.
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
Alaska 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’ ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and the UAF Community and Technical ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. 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
Read about two new professorships endowed by a UAF emeritus couple, the 2026 Nanook Rendezvous reunion and how UAF students helped clean up storm damage in the southwestern Alaska village of Toksook Bay.
Research finds past burns can limit Alaska wildfire spread
September 24, 2026
UAF-led research found that previously burned areas can act as natural barriers to wildfire spread by reducing available fuels. The effect can persist for decades, although hot, dry and windy conditions make fires more likely to cross into younger burn scars.
Pulitzer-winning journalist to speak at UAF Oct. 8
September 24, 2026
Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters reporter Nate Raymond returns to the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Oct. 8 to share stories from two decades on the legal news beat.
Land acknowledgment
We acknowledge the Alaska 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.