Accreditation/Mission Statement

Mission Statement

The University of Alaska Southeast is an open-enrollment public university that provides postsecondary education for a diverse student body. UAS promotes student achievement and faculty scholarship, lifelong learning opportunities, and quality academic programs.

The University of Alaska Southeast dedicates itself to the following:

• Achieving distinction as a learning community.
• Developing programs and services rooted in its unique natural setting.
• Developing educated citizens with a sense of personal ethics.
• Serving as a center for culture and arts with a focus on Alaska Native traditions.
• Contributing to the economic development of the region and the state through basic and applied research and public service.
• Using technology effectively in all programs and services.

Accreditation

The University of Alaska Southeast is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education.