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Where will your journey take the world?
Here at the University of 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks, 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.
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
91ÊÓƵ became a state
7,451
students enrolled
from 49 states and
58 countries
2,250 acres
make up the Fairbanks campus
11:1
student-faculty
ratio
35,000+
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’ Campus, the UAF Community and Technical College and the Interior 91ÊÓƵ Campus. 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
Chancellor's Forum on Enrollment
Chancellor Dan White will host a forum on UAF's Vision on Tuesday, April 1, at 1 p.m. in the Wood Center Ballroom. The chancellor will present and then facilitate a round table discussion with members of his Core Cabinet about UAF's Enrollment.
Sample Cajun etouffee in Sitka cook-off
March 31, 2025
Join the University of 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service in Sitka for a Cajun cuisine cooking competition: The Sitka Etouffee-Off.
Microplastics contaminate spotted seal diets in remote 91ÊÓƵ waters
March 31, 2025
Spotted seals in some of the most remote marine areas around 91ÊÓƵ are consuming significant amounts of microplastics in their diets, according to a new University of 91ÊÓƵ Fairbanks-led study.
Land acknowledgment
We acknowledge the 91ÊÓƵ 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.