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.
February 19, 2014
Alaska Native students identify values in Confucianism that echo their own traditional character-building upbringing. In short, survival depends on family and family depends on relationships.
February 12, 2014
Turkey is in the throes of a food revolution. Dr. Zeynep Kilic, an assistant professor of sociology, has just launched new research to examine the changing landscape of food in Istanbul. She'll begin shooting a documentary this summer.
January 15, 2014
Everybody's heard the term lab rat. But lab turtle? As it turns out, these critters on a half-shell have an amazing capacity to survive on little or no oxygen. UAA professor Jonathan Stecyk and undergraduate researchers are working hard to understand how.
December 11, 2013
Faculty author Sherry Simpson traced the history of human-bear co-existence in her newest book of essays, based on research and collaboration with Alaska wildlife biologists.
December 04, 2013
UAA researchers recently installed a new snowless sidewalk on UAA's campus, invented by Civil Engineering Professor Joey Yang. The self-de-icing pavement is the first tangible fruit of a two-year drive to commercialize research by UAA faculty and students. Read more.
November 25, 2013
November 21, 2013
UAA Associate Professor of Physics Katherine Rawlins, Ph.D., is part of the global IceCube Collaboration, which recently announced evidence of neutrinos––or subatomic particles––at a South Pole test site. Read about how Dr. Rawlins is contributing to the effort, and how IceCube is pushing neutrinos to the forefront of astronomy.
November 20, 2013
Does the prickly weed devil's club really soothe inflammation? Are Alaskans who were vaccinated for Hepatitis B 30 years ago still immune? UAA scientists hope to get the funding so they can do the research and find out.
November 13, 2013
Alaska is only as interesting as its characters. Follow along for a glimpse into Alaska history as we visit and retell stories from the UAA/APU Consortium Library Archives each month.