UAA is the premier university in the heart of Alaska's largest city with campuses throughout Southcentral Alaska. Where culture, innovation and adventure converge, the unique locations provide unparalleled access to industry connections, Arctic research, outdoor recreation and more, facilitating once-in-a-lifetime experiences, groundbreaking education and impactful careers.
UAA offers more than 100 degree and certificate programs that consistently prepare students for success after graduation. State-of-the-art classroom instruction and hands-on learning collide in UAA's innovative academic programs, which feature unique courses that train students to lead Alaska into the future.
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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.
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Located in the ancestral homelands of the Dena'ina, Ahtna Dene, Alutiiq/Sugpiak, Chugachmiut and Eyak peoples, Alaska Native curriculum at UAA provides an in-depth perspective on contemporary Alaska Native societies, languages, cultures, history, politics, art, governments and corporations.
January 15, 2014
Her hometown is a coastal area of Western Alaska near Nome, where she returns from school to hunt, fish and enjoy friends and family. Her home away from home, however, is the stage of an opera. Meet UAA music performance student Kira Eckenweiler.
January 08, 2014
Thought the planetarium was just for stargazers? Nope. On Jan. 17, the UAA Planetarium and Visualization Theater will premiere its first full-dome feature film about the brown bears at McNeil River State Game Sanctuary. Read more about River of Bears.
This year, the Student Phonathon Program marked two important milestones: They celebrated their 10th anniversary and reached the $1 million fundraising milestone. Meet team member Alix Oyler.
Meet Libby Roderick, associate director of CAFE. Find out how this lifelong Alaskan and activist is sowing the seeds for a better tomorrow.
December 11, 2013
Alaska Airlines honors UAA and UAF by painting two of its Bombardier Q400s for the Seawolves and Nanooks. The colorful planes will arrive in Alaska's skies in March 2014 and will fly between Anchorage and Fairbanks and Anchorage and Kodiak.
Jim Murphy, a UAA economics professor and Rasmuson Chair, and Nobel laureate Vernon Smith, also a UAA Rasmuson Chair, recently used a game to bring economics to life for Steller Secondary students.
Steve is a fresh, new face for Seawolf Hockey this year as director of hockey operations. And shhhhhhhhh…we stole him from our Northern rivals, where he spent his college career as a Nanook goalie and psychology student.
Nontraditional students can get help with tuition, thanks to a UAA professor emerita's new scholarship option.
December 04, 2013
Want to get off the couch and out onto the running trails? UAA's Student Health and Counseling Center debuted a Couch-to-5K program for students this fall and it will be back in the spring.
Answering a call for highly skilled leaders from the major players in Alaska’s economy, UAA is developing a focused program of study in leadership for M.B.A. students. Two new faculty members are helping to roll it out this year.