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.
UAA is a hub for cutting-edge theoretical and applied research in health, engineering, and the physical and social sciences. In nearly every discipline, undergraduate and graduate students have the opportunity to join research teams and collaborate with experienced faculty mentors.
Explore the wide variety of services and resources available at UAA to help promote your academic and personal success and well-being. From academic advising to student clubs and residence life, we're here to help you have an amazing university experience.
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.
September 09, 2019
When the university community was shaken by a potential $136 million cut to higher education in the state, UAA political science senior Alex Jorgensen knew he needed to take action.
September 03, 2019
In late 2018, longtime food writer and creative writing alumna Amy O’Neill Houck took over as co-editor and co-publisher for local food magazine Edible Alaska, one of 90 independently-owned publications that’s part of the Edible Communities network.
August 26, 2019
Brett Keene landed the ultimate summer internship when an unexpected opportunity arose for him to spend 10 weeks at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, author and nursing science alumna Dr. Kathleen Sutcliffe returns to give the keynote address at UAA's annual Homecoming Breakfast.
August 20, 2019
When Joe Longuevan’s family moved from Colorado to Alaska his senior year of high school, he was less than thrilled. But now, nearly five years later, the UAA double major in economics and history is entering his senior year and he wouldn’t change a thing.
August 06, 2019
For UAA alumnus Quenton Nelson, an epic road trip up the Alcan to visit the 49th State led to a geology degree and a lifelong bucket list accomplishment of learning German. Nelson completed a second bachelor’s degree in languages in 2018 and will put his skills to the test this fall when he heads abroad to Austria to teach with the US Teaching Assistantship program.
July 30, 2019
Anne Velardi recently took home the award for best master’s thesis from the European Network in Aging Studies for her research in cultural age markers.
From sci-fi to fantasy, nonfiction to poetry, we catch up with six UAA alumni authors about their latest releases.
July 23, 2019
The 2019 Summer Engineering Academies are keeping campus abuzz with activity as elementary, middle and high school students get hands on with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). With UAA faculty teaching courses like “LEGO Robotics” and “Structure Destruction,” students are learning important concepts while quite literally having a blast.
July 01, 2019
Not long after defending his Ph.D. dissertation, UAA alumnus Peter Kudenov returned to UAA to talk about his surprising journey from computer science to English during a graduation event keynote address.