University of Alaska Fairbanks

I had straight A's in my upper division courses last semester over 99%. And I'm not allowed to take summer courses which I enrolled in and were supposed to start today because of some harassment by the Staff at Kodiak College. I reached out to ORCA through UAF and still have a hold on my account. Looks like I'm going to a different College. I'm going to have to take legal action. Don't trust UAF or Kodiak College, they don't care about their students not even the successful ones.

Great campus. Has a lot of cool trails behind the dorms. The woods center has some pretty good food to.

UAF is doing right! Their dual enrollment for my lower 48 kid was awesome during covid. They have distance learning rock solid. Now that the kiddo is an Alaska resident, the facilities are awesome. They have. Seen remodeling dorms and they are some of the better ones of some 30 colleges that I've been too in the past 30-35 years. You can't go wrong with any of their science disciplines, as studying and working in the Arctic exposes you to a unique environment that science plays a significant role. The administration and faculty are all very approvable. They actually CARE ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND WANT THEM TO SUCCEED, a thing that is lacking at many universities.

Campus is okay, but parking enforcement is a bunch of scummy criminals trying to extort money from people via illegitimate parking tickets.

I really like this school! Alaska is a unique place and have always wanted to visit, but as Alaska's flagship school, UAF has many graduate-level programs I'm interested in! Fun fact, it's where students stand in front of the sign in summer clothes when it's minus 40 outside!

It's a good university with a great faculty and facilities 😊👍 …

They have a great Emergency Management Program and I love how involved the professors are with their students. They really want you to do well. The cost is reasonable. I have to take extra classes to graduate (as a transfer student) but no regrets here. Also, there is great scholarship opportunities here.

Good for the right programs, I guess. If engineering or the natural sciences are your jam, you might try this university, because that's where the money and attention are going. Excellent French program and some good art courses, but some of the programs feel weak or neglected, and overall the classes are extremely hit or miss. I've taken some truly underwhelming courses here and am looking forward to finishing my degree (not in engineering or natural sciences) someplace else. All that said, it's generally a friendly campus that attracts an interesting mix of people. While many of the older buildings are ugly, the campus itself can be really pretty, and the shuttle between the parking lots, upper campus, and lower campus is a welcome support in the cold dark of winter.

Not very amazing. The campus is built on a hill, so getting around is pretty grating, and everything is spaced out so dully. It's a bit of a pain to get everything set up, seeing as how you have to use not one--not two--not even three--but essentially four websites to get up and moving at this university. Fees are handled as a joke, too. For example: You didn't fill out some seminar that you might have, just possibly could have gotten a spam email about? Gotta pay $100 or you'll be dropped from all your classes with nothing but a day's notice. Tough luck, right? Don't even get me started on the controversies surrounding this place recently. Title IX is NOT held up here, and serious sexual assault issues never get properly resolved. Being completely honest, it's not very safe here. Despite the shortcomings, the overall atmosphere of UAF can be soothe at times, whenever you decide to sit down somewhere between classes, but as far as universities go, you're better off elsewhere. I'd suggest you absolutely use the Study Abroad support this place has if you get roped into being a student here.

UAF is my hometown university. I went to West Valley high school just down the road, and I never once thought that my time at UAF would be how it is.I absolutely love it! It's college, so you are in charge of yourself. If funding, advising, etc isn't simple, you have to work hard and continuously work to get it. I love my degree program (Wildlife Biology), and think it is very strong. I also got an amazing student job at Outdoor Adventures, leading people into Alaska's wilderness rafting, hiking, ice climbing, and more while getting paid! On top of that, I really enjoy our gym and recreation, and have played intramural hockey almost every year. I'm proud to be a Nanook. I have omitted 1 star because of small faculty issues I have faced, and the fact that I have not attended another university to compare to UAF.