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{{Short description|Public university system in Alaska, United States}} {{Infobox university |name = University of Alaska System |image_name = |image_size =200px |motto = ''Ad Summum'' |motto_lang = la |mottoeng= "To the top" |established = {{start date and age|1917}} |type = [[Public university|Public]] [[State university system|university system]] |endowment = $375 million (system-wide) (2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alaska.edu/foundation/about/|title=UA Foundation - About US}}</ref> |city = [[Anchorage]], [[Fairbanks]], and [[Juneau]] |state = [[Alaska]] |country = United States |president = [[Pat Pitney]] |students = 26,341 (2019) |nickname = |affiliations = |website = {{URL|www.alaska.edu}} |logo = University_of_Alaska_Logo.png }}{{Location map+|Alaska|places={{Location map~ | Alaska | marksize = 8 | label_size = 80 | label = [[University of Alaska Fairbanks|Fairbanks]] | position = top | lat_deg = 64.858889 | lon_deg = -147.835556 }} {{Location map~ | Alaska | marksize = 8 | label_size = 80 | label = [[University of Alaska Anchorage|Anchorage]] | position = left | lat_deg = 61.189886 | lon_deg = -149.827014 }} {{Location map~ | Alaska | marksize = 8 | label_size = 80 | label = [[University of Alaska Southeast|Southeast]] | position = left | lat_deg = 58.385 | lon_deg = -134.638611 }}|caption=University of Alaska locations|float=right}} The '''University of Alaska System''' is a [[State university system|system]] of [[Public university|public universities]] in the U.S. state of [[Alaska]]. It was created in 1917 and comprises three separately accredited universities on 19 campuses. The system serves nearly 30,000 full- and part-time students and offers 400 unique degree programs.<ref>{{Cite web|title = About UA {{!}} University of Alaska System|url = https://www.alaska.edu/alaska/about-ua/|website = www.alaska.edu|access-date = 2015-11-09}}</ref> Each of the three main universities has several satellite campuses in smaller communities.<ref>{{Cite web|title = About UA {{!}} University of Alaska System|url = https://www.alaska.edu/alaska/about-ua/|website = www.alaska.edu|access-date = 2015-09-16}}</ref> [[University of Alaska Anchorage|UAA]] also operates three large satellite community colleges. The three major institutions in the University of Alaska system are: * [[University of Alaska Anchorage]], the largest university by enrollment in the system; * [[University of Alaska Fairbanks]], the first university and flagship;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uaf.edu/vision2017/final/VTF_finalreport.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-01-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224234714/http://www.uaf.edu/vision2017/final/VTF_finalreport.pdf |archive-date=2015-12-24 }}</ref> * [[University of Alaska Southeast]], located in the [[capital city]] of [[Juneau]], with campuses in Sitka and Ketchikan and the smallest by enrollment. Since the population of Alaska is smaller than that of most [[U.S. state]]s, the University of Alaska System is also relatively small. However, it does have several notable academic departments. At UAF, these are the [[geology]] department, the [[atmospheric sciences]] department, and the [[wildlife]] [[biology]] department. Reflecting the state's small population, the amount of federal land granted to the University of Alaska under the [[Morrill Act]] was the second-smallest grant in the country.<ref>{{cite web| last = Johnsen| first = James| title = Reengaging the University: A Case Study of the University of Alaska, 1998-2002| publisher = University of California-Berkeley| date = 2002-05-03| url = http://www.commonwealthnorth.org/uastudy/reengaging.html| access-date = 2007-01-31 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061027205738/http://www.commonwealthnorth.org/uastudy/reengaging.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date = 2006-10-27}}.</ref>
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