The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) offers master’s degrees, graduate certificates,
and select doctoral degrees suited to today’s high need professions. UAA’s in-person
and online classes serve students from all 50 states, U.S. territories, and around
the world providing dynamic, multi-faceted learning environments.
Special Announcement!
The UAA Graduate School is pleased to offer fifteen $1,500 scholarships to graduate students for tuition assistance this Spring 2025 semester. To be eligible, you must be a graduate student in good academic standing and actively enrolled in a UAA graduate program. The application requires you to provide your name, student ID number, email address, and degree program. Applications must be submitted by 11:59pm AKST on Monday, March 31, 2025. Scholarships will be awarded through a random drawing on April 2, 2025, and winners will be notified via email. We encourage all eligible graduate students to apply! Please fill out the UAA Graduate School Administrative Scholarship Application 2025.
The UAA Graduate School offers a range of doctoral, master’s, and certificate programs. Our community of learning is truly like no other, and the relationships you develop in graduate school will last a lifetime. Small class sizes help you create close bonds with peers, ensuring a graduate school experience that goes beyond in-school academics. You'll learn from dedicated faculty and connect with industry leaders and researchers, fueling your academic and professional growth.
Our flexible graduate programs, including online and interdisciplinary options, equip our students to tackle today's challenges while accomodating varied needs. Whether you’re exploring theoretical concepts or addressing hands-on challenges, you’ll be part of a vibrant intellectual community.
Resources abound for UAA graduate students through academic support, tutoring, health and mental wellness, scholarships, and more. We, at the Graduate School, are here to support your success so please reach out to us with any question or need. It is our privilege to serve you in this important time of your life!
Best wishes,
Dean Mary Jo Finney
Kyle Kolda, graduate student in the UAA Department of Biological Sciences, is spending this semester in the computer lab and the library, preparing for the arduous task of writing a master’s thesis.“My thesis focuses on the dive behavior and physiology of northern fur seals on St. Paul Island,” Kolda explained, “but it is part of a larger research project that aims to understand how closely Alaska seals and sea lions approach their physiological limits while diving.” Read more.
December 09, 2024 / #Featured , #I am UAA
If there is anything civil engineering and project management alumnus Mohamed Niagne is passionate about, it is support structures — in engineering, and especially in relationships. As the graduate student commencement speaker for the fall Class of 2024, Niagne hopes to convey the importance of those support structures, which led him from the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program at UAA to his current position at the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.
‘By Alaskans, for Alaskans’: UAA launches the state’s first graduate program in school psychology
Alaska is facing a youth mental health crisis — a situation exacerbated by the lack of services available. In response to this urgent need, UAA will launch the state’s first Master of Science in School Psychology program in fall 2025. Program director Harvey has garnered substantial financial backing, including a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education. Read more.
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Current Notices:
Please review the UAA Weather Closures and Delays webpage for guidance on campus closures and university policies.
The Student Health and Counseling Center is offering students two different psychoeducation groups that are free this semester: suicide prevention and trauma treament. Both groups utilize evidence-based treatment techniques and are led by licensed mental health providers. More information can be found on the SHCC Mental Health page.
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