As a comprehensive, open access, public institution offering everything from short-term workforce credentials to graduate programs, UAA invites students to define their journey, create their community, and prepare to make an impact in Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ and beyond. Striving to be a place where every person who wants an education can be successful, UAA transforms the lives of its students and communities, while honoring our locations on the ancestral lands of Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ’s First Peoples.
The Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ transforms lives with over 150 academic certificate and degree programs, student-focused support services, and a dedicated and talented faculty.
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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 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ 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.
Explore the wide variety of services and resources available at UAA to help promote your academic and personal success and well-being. From academic advising to student clubs and residence life, we're here to help you have an amazing university experience.
UAA is located in the ancestral homelands of the Dena'ina, Ahtna, Alutiiq/Sugpiak and Eyak/dAXunhyuu Peoples. Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Native academic programs at UAA provide courses, minors, certificates and degrees. Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Native student support programs provide centers for belonging across UAA.
January 31, 2024
Dr. Ariel Taivalkoski will present 'Climate or Culture? Human-Bird Dynamics in the Aleutian Islands'. Dr. Taivalkoski is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department of Anthropology & Geography
Now available for on demand: Jane Hirshfield joins a distinguished panel of Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æns to consider "Ways of Knowing: Poetry, Science, and the Environment.â€
Excitement is brewing as we gear up for the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ State ProStart Hospitality Career Fair on Monday, February 5th, 2024, hosted at Cuddy Hall on the UAA Anchorage campus in a partnership with Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æCHARR Educational Fund!
In celebration of Elizabeth Peratrovich Day, this event is co-sponsored by the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Native Studies program (AKNS) and the Consortium Library. The panel features Rebekah Horsechief (Osage/Pawnee), Ian Hartman (Chair of History), Rebecca Maseda (Language Department) and Maria Williams (AKNS). The event is facilitated by Deborah Mole.
Apply now for a summer temp housing position: maintenance, custodial, event services or event services intern.
January 30, 2024
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate granted the Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ $46 million over the next ten years to lead a consortium of U.S. academic institutions and partners for the newly established Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC)-ARCTIC Center of Excellence (COE) for Homeland Security in the Arctic.
Students in fall's EMT 130 — Emergency Medical Technician I burnished their clinical and decision-making skills in a trio of rapid-fire trauma simulations, thanks to a first-time partnership between the Fire and Emergency Services program and the Interprofessional Health Sciences Simulation Center.
Staff Alliance is once again offering support for staff for activities that directly support their professional development in FY24.
A CLEP-A-THON is a drop in test day or week that allows the test taker to take as many CLEP exams as they can. Examinees will still be required to register but can do so onsite with assistance from test center staff.
January 29, 2024
The Learning Commons' new location on the first floor of the UAA/APU Consortium Library serves as a hub of student engagement and learning at UAA with a community-centered design, creative study spaces and free support services available in-person and online.