From its start in 1917 as a mining and agricultural school, UAF has become America’s arctic university and the flagship of the state’s university system. A Land, Sea and Space Grant university, UAF’s range of teaching and research is as diverse as Alaska itself. From physics to foreign languages, supercomputers to sociology, UAF helps people learn more about their world.

Eight schools and colleges offer some 197 degrees and certificates in 123 disciplines.

• College of Engineering and Mines
• College of Liberal Arts
• College of Natural Science and Mathematics
• College of Rural and Community Development
• School of Education
• School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
• School of Management
• School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences

Commencement 2009

• 785 certificates, associate or baccalaureate degrees
• 206 master’s and doctoral degrees
•   56 licensures and occupational endorsements

UAF is the principal research center for the statewide university system, and emphasizes high-tech, high-latitude research in these major units:

• Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
• Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
• Geophysical Institute
• Institute of Arctic Biology
• Institute of Marine Science
• Institute of Northern Engineering
• International Arctic Research Center

Research at UAF investigates health and environmental issues that affect everyone. Three completed buildings — the West Ridge Research Lab, Biological and Research Diagnostics Facility  and the Lena Point Fisheries Facility — have increased UAF’s prestige as a research institution.

From 4-H children’s activities to programs for older adults, UAF offers something for nearly everyone. To learn more, visit www.uaf.edu/uaf/community/.

Science Education Outreach Network: This database of UAF science education activities includes math and science topics from agriculture to zoology, with everything from community workshops to hands-on activities for even the youngest explorers.

Cooperative Extension Service and Marine Advisory Program: CES and MAP turn university research into practical information that helps Alaskans make the most of life in the Far North.

KUAC: Part of the Alaska public broadcasting system, the radio and television programs from Emmy Award-winning KUAC reach across the state, connecting Alaska to the world and the world to Alaska.

Philanthropic giving changes lives in meaningful ways by helping UAF recruit, retain and graduate more students, and attract world-class faculty. Giving to UAF can take many forms:

• Annual unrestricted gifts
• Scholarship, fellowship or professorship gifts
• Gifts to student organizations
• Planned giving through estate or investment portfolios
• Volunteering

UAF students now have another way to meet their educational and employment needs. Occupational endorsements, offered through the College of Rural and Community Development, take 9 – 30 credit hours to complete and give students occupational training in specific fields:

• Administrative assistant
• Bookkeeping technician
• Entry-level welding
• Financial services representative
• Law enformcement
• Medical billing
• Medical coding
• Medical office receptionist
• Nurse aide
• Rural human services
• Rural utilities business manager

UAF's seven campuses, spread throughout the state, give students access to a 360-million-acre classroom.