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We're a top university.
UAF is the only national university in Alaska, according to U.S. News and World Report's 2019 rankings. In fact, Times Higher Education ranked UAF No. 10 among the world's best small universities in 2018.
We're accredited.
The University of Alaska Fairbanks is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
We're military friendly.
UAF has been designated a Military Friendly® School by GI Jobs magazine for the past eight years, and has been selected as a TOP SCHOOL by Military Advanced Education for the fourth year in a row.
We have a 360+ million acre classroom.
UAF was named the #1 college for hiking by Backpacker Magazine and the #12 U.S. college for outdoor adventures by the OutBound Collective.
More options, more opportunities
Launch a rocket. Monitor muskoxen. Study in Spain. It's your life. Make it off the charts or off the grid.
Whether Alaska is home or a new beginning, a UAF degree offers the ultimate opportunity: a chance to make a living doing what you love. So choose the path that intrigues you -- you never know where it might lead.
News
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Dragons of summer now on the hunt
July 18, 2019The Piper Super Cub is a nimble favorite of Alaska bush pilots who land on and take off from gravel bars and mountaintops. Engineers who designed the plane in the 1940s found a simple model that still works. Another flying machine, the dragonfly, has not changed much in 300 million years, except it is no longer as large as a raven.Read article -
Volcanoes, permafrost, earthquakes shape Alaska
July 15, 2019Forty-one volcanoes that have erupted since the 1700s. Eleven percent of the world’s earthquakes. Glaciers of an ever-changing number that probably tops 100,000. Alaska has its share of superlatives, and here’s another one — Alaska has the largest maar on Earth.Read article
Events
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July26
Wine and peonies event set for July 26
Georgeson Botanical Garden at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm, 117 W. Tanana Drive
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July21-27
Week’s events: Engineering talk, optometry, Alaska berries, bagpipes
Murie Building auditorium, Georgeson Botanical Garden
7 p.m. -
July19
UAF gets in free at Rendezvous Goldpanners game
Growden Park, Fairbanks
7 p.m. -
July18-20
UAF to host alumni reunion weekend July 18-20
Locations vary
Times vary