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Where will your journey take the world?
Here at the University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks, you'll master your fields of study, make lifelong friends, explore an environment like no other and contribute to research that will change lives everywhere.
Welcome to life at the top.
From accounting to Yup’ik language and culture.
There’s a program for you here, and myriad minors, majors, degrees and certificates for you to earn. Perform research alongside academic powerhouses. Find and explore your voice in the arts. Make even more of your military service. Here’s where your intellectual journey gets good:
A place to find yourself.
As you meet unique people across this landscape, you’ll learn to see everything differently.
Include everyone in the journey.
Not everyone’s support system looks the same. Yours may be family or friends. It may not look anything like your classmate’s support system either, and that’s OK. That’s why ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ provides students — and their support systems — with what’s needed for success.
What — and who — we’re made of
Established in
1917
42 years before
ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ became a state
7,451
students enrolled
from 49 states and
58 countries
2,250 acres
make up the Fairbanks campus
11:1
student-faculty
ratio
35,000+
alumni
Where you'll learn.
Wilderness surrounds Fairbanks, yet highways, airlines, fiber and satellites firmly connect it to the world. So you can attend and earn your degree online from anywhere.
In Fairbanks, you’ll find the Troth Yeddha’ Campus, the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Community and Technical College and the Interior ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Campus. Beyond, regional campuses serve Kotzebue, Bethel, Nome and Dillingham. Research sites can take you to Kodiak in the south, Juneau in the east and Toolik Lake above the Arctic Circle.
News and events
Read about the opening of a new race trail for cross-country skiing on campus, the 40 years of history at student radio station KSUA-FM, the effort to restore nearby Cripple Creek, and much more.
Fossil tracks push range of large bird northward
November 04, 2024
Scientists from Fairbanks, New Mexico and Japan have discovered the first reported fossilized tracks of a large four-toed bird that inhabited central ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ 90 million to 120 million years ago.
CTC receives $4.3 million to boost Native student success
November 04, 2024
The University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks' Community and Technical College has been awarded a $4.3 million federal Title III grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The five-year grant will be used to enhance academic programs, student services and partnerships with industry to improve access and success for ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Native students.
Land acknowledgment
We acknowledge the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Native nations on whose ancestral lands our campuses reside.
In Fairbanks, our Troth Yeddha’ campus is located on the ancestral lands
of the Dena people of the lower Tanana River.