University of Alaska Fairbanks
The Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines opened its doors in 1922. The school grew quickly, and in 1935 became the University of Alaska. By the time Alaska became a state in 1959, students could earn Ph.D.s at the university. UAF remains the only campus in the state that awards doctoral degrees and it holds the distinction of being one of the few Land, Sea and Space Grant universities in the country.
UAF‘s 10,446 students come from Alaska, most other states, and 42 foreign countries. More than 250 are international students. Undergraduate students make up 88 percent of the total student body. UAF has many non-traditional students.
UAF has 1,049 instructional faculty and 4,093 full and part-time staff and student workers.
Campuses
Students meet on the boardwalk in front of Sackett Hall, the student housing facility at UAF’s Kuskokwim Campus in Bethel.
In addition to its main Fairbanks campus, UAF has community and rural campuses in downtown Fairbanks, Bethel, Dillingham, Kotzebue and Nome, and maintains six community centers through its Interior-Aleutians Campus in Fairbanks. These branches, part of the College of Rural and Community Development, are central to fulfilling the UAF mission of providing educational opportunities throughout the state.
Credits earned at any UAF campus or center are recognized at all UAF campuses, meaning that students may change campuses and transfer all UA credits.
UAF provides courses in the following streams:
- allied health
- automotive technology
- aviation maintenance
- business
- chemistry
- computer science
- construction trades
- dental hygiene
- education
- engineering
- forestry
- journalism
- law enforcement
- management
- music
- paralegal studies
- social work
- wildlife biology
Contact Information:
University of Alaska Fairbanks
505 South Chandalar Drive
P.O. Box 757500
Fairbanks- AK 99775
E-mail: admissions@uaf.edu
Official Website: http://www.uaf.edu/
