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1. Application for Admission
   • Review admission requirements for your student type
   • Apply for admission
   • Take the SAT, ACT Plus Writing or Accuplacer (per your degree requirements)
   • Submit required documents to UAF Office of Admissions

2. Admission Requirements
   BACCALAUREATE DEGREE
   
   
   • Must have a high school diploma, AND
   • Pass the 16-credit high school core curriculum with a GPA of at least 2.5, AND
   • Submit results of the ACT Plus Writing (preferred) or SAT exam taken within the last two years, AND
     Have a high school GPA of at least 3.0, OR
     Have a high school GPA of at least 2.5 and ACT Plus Writing score of at least 18 or SAT score of at least 1290 (including writing skills section).
   • Freshman and transfer applicants with fewer than 30 semester credit hours must submit the results of either the ACT Plus Writing (preferred) or the SAT examination. Test results must be less than two years old. These test scores are used to help place the student in English, mathematics and other first-year courses.
     UAF's reporting code for the ACT is 0064; for the SAT, 4866.
   • Must have a high school diploma, or GED
   • Students with fewer than 30 transferable semester hours, who will take English or mathematics course work must submit results of the ACCUPLACER test. Alternatively, SAT or ACT Plus Writing test results are accepted.

CERTIFICATE OR ASSOCIATE DEGREE

• Must have a high school diploma, or GED
• Students with fewer than 30 transferable semester hours, who will take English or mathematics course work must submit results of the ACCUPLACER test. Alternatively, SAT or ACT Plus Writing test results are accepted.

3. Transcripts
   All transcripts must bear an official signature and stamp of the school or college issuing them. They must be mailed directly to the UAF Office of Admissions, or submitted by the applicant in sealed envelopes from the issuing institution.
   

4. Mailing
   All forms, transcripts and test scores should be sent to:

   University of Alaska Fairbanks - Office of Admissions
   PO Box 757480, Fairbanks AK 99775-7480

High School Qualifying Exam (HSQE)
To earn a high school diploma in Alaska, you must fulfill all curriculum requirements and satisfactorily complete all three competency areas of the High School Qualifying Exam (HSQE).

If you do not pass the HSQE, you will be admitted as a pre-major within the department of your choice. To move from pre-major status into a baccalaureate program you must be in good standing (2.0 overall GPA at UAF), and have completed 14 credits at the 100 level or above with a C grade average (2.0) or higher, 9 credits of which must satisfy general core degree requirements. Once these requirements are met, you will be admitted to the bachelor's degree program.

UAF's reporting code for the ACT is 0064; for the SAT, 4866.

Alternative ways to earn credit, including AP credit
Get credit for select courses by passing a competency test.