As a comprehensive, open access, public institution offering everything from short-term workforce credentials to graduate programs, UAA invites students to define their journey, create their community, and prepare to make an impact in Alaska and beyond. Striving to be a place where every person who wants an education can be successful, UAA transforms the lives of its students and communities, while honoring our locations on the ancestral lands of Alaska’s First Peoples.
The University of Alaska Anchorage transforms lives with over 150 academic certificate and degree programs, student-focused support services, and a dedicated and talented faculty.
Learn more about admissions processes, taking classes, tour UAA in-person or virtually, and find out more about financial aid. The Office of Financial Aid is available to offer support and advice so you can make informed decisions regarding college funding options. The Enrollment Services Center offers virtual and walk-in appointments to help students apply; get help with financial aid, scholarships, and more.
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 courses, minors, certificates and degrees. Alaska Native student support programs provide centers for belonging across UAA.
November 28, 2017
The UAA Faculty Senate is conducting a survey to compile all research and creative activity produced at UAA during the last academic year (2016-17). Please respond by Nov. 29, 2017.
We welcome creative and innovative proposals on environmental subjects for the 2018 Earth Matters on Stage Symposium. Submit by Nov. 30, 2017.
Don't miss the next Surplus Sale at the UAA Warehouse (4111 Ingra Street). The sale will be open to the public Friday, Dec. 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
November 27, 2017
UAA alumna and graduate student Samantha M. Mack is the first student from the University of Alaska to receive a prestigious U.S. Rhodes Scholarship. An Aleut woman from King Cove, Samantha studies political theory from an indigenous and feminist perspective. She plans to pursue an M.Phil. in Politics at Oxford.
Join us for Dec. 1, 2017 for the next UAA Biological Sciences seminar, "Enhancing Cancer Immunotherapy with Complement Targeted Nanoparticles" presented by Max Kullberg.
It wasn’t long ago that UAA students TJ Wagoner and Tyler Fenton were young boys making snowboard videos in their backyard. But the two entrepreneurs have carved a name for themselves and their videography business, 2 Core Films, in Alaska’s wedding industry.
Learn about graduate research in transportation engineering. Posters will be on display Nov. 27–Dec. 1; students will discuss projects at noon each day.