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.
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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.
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 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.
A summertime hobby for most, communications alumna and fifth-generation fisherman Jamie O’Connor takes her passion for fishing a step further through her work at the Alaska Marine Conservation Council where she advocates for fisheries policy.
June 25, 2019
Growing up, Benjamin Miller never considered a university education an option for him. With undiagnosed learning disabilities, school was hard. But this summer, the Honors College sophomore is studying abroad in South Africa as a recipient of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.
June 17, 2019
UAA junior Henrique Miller recently received the Goldwater Scholarship, a prestigious honor awarded to students pursuing careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. He hopes that one day his research will contribute to the field of plasma nuclear fusion.
Andres Antuna was recently awarded Humanity in Action’s John Lewis Fellowship. This July, he will travel to Atlanta, Georgia, and spend one month learning from leaders who have fought for human rights.
Rutgers professor and economics alumna Kelcie Ralph returns to UAA as a visiting distinguished professor for the College of Business and Public Policy where she’ll spend her summer working with the Anchorage Museum to improve biking in the city.
June 14, 2019
Three alumni and one student talk about their history with the race, how they train and stay motivated, and offer advice to anyone daring enough to try the “toughest 5K on the planet.”