University of Alaska Fairbanks

Categories: Universities | Education
    • Established: 1917
    • Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
    • Chancellor: Steve Jones
    • Faculty: 835
    • Students: 9,380
    • Nickname: Alaska Nanooks
    • Motto: "Ad Summum"-Latin for "To The Top"
    • Acceptance rate: 74 percent
    • Weather: Fairbanks, Alaska

  • University of Alaska Fairbanks is a public school located about 200 miles from the Arctic Circle. The school's sports teams are part of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. UAF is a land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant institution, which is part of the University of Alaska system.

  • Research Units

    • The Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
    • The Geophysical Institute
    • The International Arctic Research Center
    • The Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
    • The Institute of Arctic Biology
    • The Institute of Marine Science
    • The Institute of Northern Engineering

  • Mission Statement

    "The University of Alaska Fairbanks, the nation's northernmost Land, Sea and Space Grant university and international research center, advances and disseminates knowledge through teaching, research and public service with an emphasis on Alaska, the circumpolar North and their diverse peoples. UAF--America's arctic university--promotes academic excellence, student success and lifelong learning." University of Alaska Fairbanks: [http://www.uaf.edu/uaf/about/mission.html Mission Statement

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