P.O. Box 297
Kotzebue, AK 99752-0297

University of Alaska Chukchi is based in Kotzebue, a remote Inupiat Eskimo settlement that lies some 26 miles above the Arctic Circle in northwest Alaska and about 175 miles northeast of the easternmost tip of Russia. Kotzebue is the trade and transportation hub for Northwest Arctic Alaska, a region with 11 villages dotting mountain and tundra wilderness in an area the same size as the state of Indiana, or more than 36,000 square miles.

Most students of University of Alaska Chukchi do not live in Kotzebue. Rather, students "attend" classes from the villages where they live, via satellite-assisted audioconference, with fax machines and electronic mail sending written assignments between instructor and students, who live in communities scattered across rural Alaska, from the Aleutian Islands in the southwest, to Tok near the border of Canada, to Barrow in the north, and scores of communities in between.

Along with its sister rural campuses in Nome, Bethel, Dillingham, Sitka and other rural communities, University of Alaska Chukchi both "imports" and "exports" postsecondary education throughout rural Alaska while offering certificates, two- and four-year degrees in many academic disciplines including teacher certification, rural development, health, social work, computers, and other fields.

Quick Facts:

University of Alaska Chukchi is a rural division of the University of Alaska statewide system. The University of Alaska Fairbanks is University of Alaska Chukchi's main urban campus.

The region where University of Alaska Chukchi is located is about 90 percent Inupiat Eskimo.

The mission of University of Alaska Chukchi is to enrich the lives and spirit of the people, by inspiring the community of students to take responsibility for developing their potential and for contributing to local and global society.

Kotzebue, where University of Alaska Chukchi is, has no roads connecting it to the outside world and is accessible only by aircraft, snowmobile and dog team during the winter months.

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