UAF Graduate School
The Graduate School supports the creativity and productivity of our graduate students as they pursue their discoveries here at UAF. We oversee graduate programs, academic processes and policies at UAF. We support grad students through our professional development and training programs, orientation programs, social and wellness events, advisory board, and scholarships and fellowships. We work closely with departments and programs to follow students’ progress and are ready to help with questions and concerns. We host a student advisory board to guide our practices and programming.
Earn your graduate degree at UAF
The University of Alaska Fairbanks offers post-baccalaureate certificates, graduate certificates, master's degrees and doctoral degrees, and it supports professional licenses. In addition to degrees in distinct disciplines, we offer a graduate interdisciplinary program where students can design a degree that draws on multiple disciplines.
About our students
UAF enrolls nearly 1,000 students in graduate studies from all 50 states, the territories and countries around the world. They pursue both professional and research degrees. Graduate study areas span the arts, business, education, engineering, humanities, Indigenous studies, and social and natural sciences.
News, events and deadlines
Olga Skinner
Ph.D. Indigenous studies
Olga Skinner is a Mellon Fellow and recent spring 2022 Ph.D. graduate in Indigenous
Studies. Dr. Skinner's dissertation, The Stem Trail: Alaska Native Undergraduates Find The Right Path In Higher Education, focuses on the degree-related decisions students make as they pursue STEM degrees
on the Troth Yeddha' campus.
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Graduate School to host mock 3MT competition
January 14, 2022
Please join the Graduate School for a mock Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on Thursday, Jan. 13, at 4 p.m.
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Graduate student spotlight: Lindsey Stadler
January 12, 2022
Lindsey Stadler chose to come to Alaska, and UAF in particular, because it seemed like an excellent opportunity to expand her experiences in the field of marine biology.
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