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.
May 18, 2016
The Alaska Quad is an easy-to-miss secret garden behind the Fine Arts Building, populated with student sculptures just waiting to be discovered. Take a stroll in the sunshine and explore the many mysteries of this often overlooked corner of campus.
May 11, 2016
Eyes watering and itchy? Throat scratchy? Sinuses stuffed? Better check the Anchorage pollen count. UAA is a partner in keeping the counts available.
Tourism is nearly a $4 billion industry in Alaska, and UAA graduates are involved in all corners of the market. We checked in with three academic departments that guide graduates to tourism careers: hospitality and restaurant management, theatre and, yes, even civil engineering.
Anchorage is one of the most diverse cities in the nation, and UAA is one of several health- and language-focused advocates working to ensure health information is delivered to everyone, whether you speak English or Lao or Wolof or Samoan or Nuer or Korean or Russian or...
UAA history professor Ian Hartman has long been fascinated with questions of race, public policy and popular culture. Now, the 2016 Selkregg Community Engagement & Service Learning Award winner hopes to create a definitive history of African Americans in Southcentral Alaska.
May 04, 2016
Sixty percent of the spring class of 2016 is age 25 to 49. Thirty-five percent are first-generation college students, 36 percent relied on Pell grants and 13 percent on the Alaska Performance Scholarship. Eleven percent were UA Scholars.
Veronica Martinez, a UAA mechanical engineering student, recently became a Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals scholar. She talks with us about her life, the scholarship, and her upcoming year in Germany.
Ben Hurst's new home in September will be Germany, as he fulfills the travel and teaching opportunities that come to Fulbright scholars. He is UAA's ninth German language Fulbright scholar.
The recent Alaska Native Studies Conference included a look at Alaska Native corporations, including how they reflect Alaska Native values, and expectations for their longevity.
April 27, 2016
The National Academy of Inventors recently honored one of UAA's leaders, inducting Dr. Helena Wisniewski as one of its 2015 fellows during a ceremony in Washington, D.C.