UAA is the premier university in the heart of Alaska's largest city with campuses throughout Southcentral Alaska. Where culture, innovation and adventure converge, the unique locations provide unparalleled access to industry connections, Arctic research, outdoor recreation and more, facilitating once-in-a-lifetime experiences, groundbreaking education and impactful careers.
UAA offers more than 100 degree and certificate programs that consistently prepare students for success after graduation. State-of-the-art classroom instruction and hands-on learning collide in UAA's innovative academic programs, which feature unique courses that train students to lead Alaska into the future.
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From 13 competitive NCAA teams to recreation and intramural and club sports, students have the opportunity to excel in athletics at every level. The Alaska Airlines Center and Seawolf Sports Complex offer recreation as well as hosting community events and concerts. Students can take advantage of cheering for SeawolfNation with free tickets to many games.
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UAA is located in the ancestral homelands of the Dena'ina, Ahtna, Alutiiq/Sugpiak, and Eyak/dAXunhyuu Peoples. Alaska Native academic programs at UAA provide an in-depth perspective on contemporary languages, cultures, history, politics, art, governments and corporations. Alaska Native student support programs provide centers for belonging across UAA.
April 23, 2014
UAA professor of entrepreneurship Al Hermann was proud to introduce the brains behind the first Alaska Accelerator Fund start-up investment, Brian McKinnon of Mackinnon Marine, at a press conference with the mayor.
UAA's new bike-share program still needs a part-time volunteer student manager, but 50 taxi-yellow cruisers will be available for check out from the UAA/APU Consortium Library circulation desk once local trails clear up. All you'll need is a Wolfcard and a helmet.
Katie found her passion on campus in an elective American Sign Language class. She fell in love with the university's Deaf community and served as president of ASL Club her senior year. For her achievements, Katie will earn Leadership Honors at UAA's commencement ceremony next week.
April 16, 2014
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the dancers, choreographers and technical gurus who are making the latest UAA Mainstage Theater production, New Dances 2014, a success.
Every year UAA engineering students fly from Anchorage to Cameroon, a tropical West Africa nation, to continue their ongoing projects at Rhema Grace Orphanage. The partnership, organized by Engineers Without Borders, is five years strong and counting.
Architectural Drafting students were tasked this semester with developing building-design concepts for Chignik Lagoon Native Corporation. The corporation sought help from UAA students to design a multi-use facility and airplane hangar, which they eventually plan to build on the Alaska Peninsula.
UAA senior Ellen Dore has a work ethic to be admired. The University Honors College student paid her way through college and decided to become a doctor after working as a medical scribe in a local hospital emergency room. Next up? Medical school. She's certainly one to watch.
April 09, 2014
In 2012, UAA granted its first doctorates. The Joint UAA-UAF Clinical-Community Psychology Program has paved the way for new doctoral programs at UAA. Next in line is a nursing doctorate. Find out more and meet current psychology Ph.D. student Xio Owens.
UAA alumni hit the links—as in all those sky bridges that "link" our campus buildings. Alumni ParTee: 9 in the Spine had alumni and student leaders joined on mini golf teams. The course was full of windmills, mulligans and steaming indoor volcanoes.
A small side project among freshmen friends at UAA has grown over the past few years into a thriving business. Frontier Tutoring now hires a team of Seawolves as tutoring specialists, providing a boost for Anchorage's college-bound students. Founder Brian Franklin is Harvard-bound for his M.B.A. next year.