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Where will your journey take the world?
Here at the University of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø 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 ²ÝÁñÉçÇø 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
²ÝÁñÉçÇø 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 ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Community and Technical College and the Interior ²ÝÁñÉçÇø 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 a trio of Geophysical Institute aurora researchers who have worked together for decades, ²ÝÁñÉçÇø’s returning men’s basketball team coach, the Institute of Arctic Biology’s retiring director and a ²ÝÁñÉçÇø-trained artist who came back to ²ÝÁñÉçÇø for a unique project.
²ÝÁñÉçÇø-developed volcano monitoring system will expand across U.S.
February 20, 2025
A new radar-based volcano monitoring system developed by the University of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Fairbanks and U.S. Geological Survey will expand across the U.S. and beyond. The expansion, funded by NASA, could lead to earlier detection of volcanic unrest.
²ÝÁñÉçÇø names 2025 honorary degree, service award recipients
February 19, 2025
The University of ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Fairbanks has selected eight people to honor during its 2025 commencement weekend in May.
Land acknowledgment
We acknowledge the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø 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.