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The University of Alaska Anchorage Graduate School offers 6 doctoral and 23 Master's degree programs, and 9 graduate certificate programs. UAA offers cooperative/collaborative graduate programs with the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the University of Washington Medical School, Idaho State University, East Carolina University, and Creighton University. The Graduate School enrolls approximately 1000 students in graduate studies from all 50 states, U.S. territories, and around the world.

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 Upcoming Thesis Defenses: 

  • Anthropology
    At this time, there are no upcoming defenses in Anthropology. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses. 
  • Biological Sciences

    At this time, there are no upcoming defenses in Biological Sciences. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses. 

  • Creative Writing and Literary Arts

     At this time, there are no upcoming defenses in Creative Writing and Literary Arts. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses. 

  • Clinical Psychology
    At this time, there are no upcoming defenses in Clinical Psychology. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses. 
  • English
    At this time there are no upcoming defenses in English. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.
  • Civil Engineering

    At this time, there are no upcoming defenses in Civil Engineering. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses. 

  • Mechanical Engineering
    At this time there are no upcoming defenses in Mechanical Engineering. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.

 Upcoming project defenses:

  • Nursing

    At this time, there are no upcoming defenses in Nursing Science. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.

  • Public Health Practice

    At this time, there are no upcoming defenses in the Public Health Program. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.

  • Project Management/Engineering Science Management

    At this time, there are no upcoming defenses in Project Management or Engineering/Science Management. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses. 

     

  • Civil Engineering

    At this time there are no upcoming defenses in Civil Engineering. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.

  • Mechanical Engineering
    At this time there are no upcoming defenses in Mechanical Engineering. Please check back later or see other programs fo their their scheduled defenses.

 

Graduate Community in the News:

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The first-ever release of a North Slope 3D seismic data set will help 2018 ConocoPhillips Arctic Science and Engineering Endowment award winners Professor Simon Kattenhorn and his graduate student, Triffon Tatarin, to get a much better grip on the geologic underpinnings of about 400 square miles of the North Slope.
Biology graduate student Hannah Uher-Koch monitors loon behavior on the North Slope
Plexiglas menagerie: The case of the buried caribou teeth - Nathan Harmston, Anthropology graduate student

 

Upcoming Deadlines and Events:

Fall Semester 2018

October 19, 2018: Graduation Fair at the UAA Bookstore from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Cap, gown, hood, and tassel are required to participate in UAA's hooding and commencement ceremonies. 

If you are unable to attend the grad fair, you can order your cap, gown, and tassel online. Online orders for Fall 2018 will close December 7, 2018 to allow for shipping time. If you don't want to order online, regalia will be available in the bookstore until December 15, 2018 (day of Hooding Ceremony).

October 26, 2018: Deadline to register for independent and directed studies; practicum, internship, research, thesis, and open-entry courses; and continuous registration (5:00 pm)

November 16, 2018: Deadline to apply for fall graduation and be included in the Commencement program.

November 30, 2018: Deadline for Thesis Submission to the Graduate School. There are no deadline extensions for fall semester.

December 3, 2018: Deadline to Request Walk-Through for Hooding Ceremony

December 7, 2018: Deadline to apply for fall graduation

December 15, 2018: Hooding Ceremony for summer and fall graduates

December 16, 2018: Commencement Ceremony for summer and fall graduates.

December 20, 2018: Grades available in UA Online

Spring Semester 2019

October 29, 2018: Spring 2019 Priority Registration begins for admitted UAA graduate students

November 15, 2018: Application deadline for spring semester admission; check your specific program for exceptions.
December 15, 2018: Late application deadline ($25.00 fee)
February 15, 2019: Deadline to postpone admission for spring semester.
 
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University of Alaska Anchorage
1901 Bragaw Street, Suite 368
Anchorage, Alaska   99508
United States
Tel: (907) 786-1098
Fax:  (907) 786-1791
E-mail:  uaa_graduateschool@alaska.edu

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