Welcome to America's Arctic University

computer enhanced satellite image of alaska

Choose UAF for your graduate education and work with internationally known faculty on globe-spanning research with an arctic focus.

Alaska's only Ph.D.-granting university, UAF offers graduate degrees in the humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, engineering and professional fields, and is a top producer of Native American degree recipients.

Our geographic location and expert faculty combine to give UAF a well-earned reputation for arctic and northern research.

By working closely with faculty, our graduate students gain valuable experience that can lead to successful employment in the North — or anywhere their profession and passion take them.

Research vessel Norseman at anchor in Eagle Bay, Unalaska
Photo courtesy of SFOS

New Graduate Student Orientation

Octant and Logbook from the Grand Turk
Octant and Logbook from the Grand Turk - Photo by Georges Jansoon

Wednesday, January 21

Media Classroom, 3rd floor Rasmuson Library

9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

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