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.
January 26, 2017
Patti Truesdell, B.Ed. '02 — a recent BP Teacher of the Year recipient — is one of two teachers in Hope, where she teaches K-12 every day (with pancake breaks) in a nontraditional classroom perfect for this nontraditional education grad.
January 23, 2017
Making connections is Byron Lowe II's passion. The UAA senior shoulders a double major in management and marketing, interns with Anchorage School District and oversees callers and student shift leads for UAA's Phonathon.
January 18, 2017
The process of navigating becoming a student at UAA just got easier with the launch of The University Hub, located just a few steps—literally—from the Student Union.
A monthly injection of Vivitrol calms cravings for heroin, giving real help to addicts emerging from prison and, as UAA DNP alumna Jyll Green discovered, providing a good chance of keeping them from going back behind bars.
January 17, 2017
Education cultivated Ernestine Hayes' talent for expressing joys and heartaches she has experienced because of her Tlingit identity. Now, the UAA M.F.A. alumna is being recognized with the honor of serving as Alaska State Writer Laureate.
John Macy, a UAA philosophy student, was first introduced to Seawolf Debate through a local debate competition. With zero previous debating experience, he decided to participate in a debate on the topic of "Consumers have a duty to buy locally." He won (a $500 Kaladi Brothers Coffee gift card!!!) and has been hooked on debate ever since. Meet John Macy.
Meet the power-welding grannies of UAA. Cloaked in face masks, surrounded by sizzles and sparks, the nontraditional students in this one-week short course, offered by UAA's welding and non-destructive testing program, move in when the students head out.
January 06, 2017
Ana Tatafu was born in American Samoa and, at age 10, moved to Anchorage. Now, the first-generation college student—a CBPP Leadership Fellow protégé and Gilman scholarship winner—has studied in Mexico and is poised to earn her accounting degree this spring.
January 05, 2017
Four women—Jyll Green, Jill Rife, Leigh Keefer and Robin Bassett—became the first class of graduates to accept Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees from UAA at fall commencement.
December 20, 2016
Student researchers at UAA are examining the threespine stickleback—a centimeters-long fish common in Anchorage parks—to better understand how genetic variations affect immune response in humans. Funded by the National Institute of Health, it's hyper-local research with national implications.