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.
August 05, 2015
Yes, they're giddy with excitement. Watch for new ticket prices, sneak-peek opportunities and a huge outreach to the Anchorage community. And in April, "Stalking the Bogeyman." Yes, they're brave, too.
Every semester, art professor Jeanne Ilgen welcomes a dedicated crew of students into her metalsmithing and jewelry class. The largely independent creative course always nets returning students from across the community because, after all, it's a gem of an art class.
Moose, salmon, arctic ground squirrels, Weddell seals and blueberries came under their scrutiny as they completed a 10-week research project, working alongside top UAA scientific researchers.
What scientific knowledge makes it possible for planes to fly? Middle-schoolers taking UAA Dr. Jifeng Peng's summer engineering course used wind tunnels and a 3-D printer to learn how the shape and angle of a wing is critical to flight.
July 29, 2015
Ten high school students from villages along the Lower Kuskokwim River in southwest Alaska came to Anchorage for a culinary boot camp at UAA, learning knife techniques, sanitation and nutrition. Find out what they did after class.
Alumni-owned Underground Dance Company is the local home for Alaska-grown hip hop. Since opening the studio, alumnus Gabe Harvey and his top team have popped and locked at both Anchorage events and international competitions, always living by the studio motto: "Dance without regrets."
Trends over the past 20 years, as recorded in annual KIDS COUNT reports, show the welfare of Alaska children is improving in three key areas. ISER researchers did the analysis.
UAA runners and their coaches have long known about Skinny Raven Sports, finding shoes and other gear to help them excel. The Anchorage running store reaches out to UAA as well: it helped the university buy a state-of-the-art performance and rehabilitation treadmill and its name is on the "Raven's Nest" running track at the Alaska Airlines Center.
July 22, 2015
UAA's Della Keats programs help motivated students from underrepresented, rural or economically disadvantaged backgrounds learn about health care careers, experience job shadowing and dorm life and acquire the academic grounding they'll need to succeed in college.
How do you carve an Ice Age American Lion out of a 40,000-pound block of limestone? For sculptor Meg White, who just completed the Percent for Art addition to the UAA Geology Rock Garden, it's all about the power tools. Meet her Friday at noon.