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Where will your journey take the world?
Here at the 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø, 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 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø 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
Alaska 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 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø Community and Technical College and the Interior Alaska 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 gift of a gold collection to the museum, students seeking new mining methods and a professor's book about the murder convictions — ultimately dismissed — of the Fairbanks Four. Plus, watch a video about a Ph.D. student who studies the aurora.
Alaska native plants, insects featured in webinar series
April 24, 2025
A series of webinars highlighting Alaska's diverse native plants and their uses is scheduled for May, which is Alaska Native Plant Month. The series, available statewide, is a collaboration between the 51·çÁ÷¹ÙÍø Cooperative Extension Service and the Alaska Native Plant Society.
Arctic Innovation Competition presents 2025 awards
April 23, 2025
The Arctic Innovation Competition awarded over $45,000 on Saturday, April 19, at the 8 Star Events Center in Fairbanks. The competition had almost 150 submissions entered by participants across Alaska and the U.S.
Land acknowledgment
We acknowledge the Alaska 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.