University of Alabama at Birmingham

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is a world-renowned research university and medical center. This young, dynamic, diverse university thrives on boldness and innovation to continue pushing the frontiers in science, medicine, business, education, the social sciences, the arts and the humanities - and has garnered national and international respect.

Students and faculty in 11 schools -- including a newly formed College of Arts and Sciences -- are making daily breakthroughs in social and behavioral sciences, the arts and humanities, natural sciences and math, business, dentistry, education, engineering, health professions, medicine, nursing, optometry and public health.

For four consecutive years, UAB has seen record overall enrollment, climbing to 17,999 in fall 2012. UAB's students are talented and diverse, hailing from every region of the nation and some 100 countries worldwide. UAB has been heralded in The Princeton Review as a "Mecca of multiculturalism" and is ranked among the top ten universities nationally for diversity for the fourth consecutive year.

UAB is among only 51 public and private universities (and the only Alabama university) classified by the Carnegie Foundation for both "very high research activity" and "community engagement." The Academic Ranking of World Universities placed it among the top 100 universities for life sciences.

UAB's medical center has been listed in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals" issue for 23 straight years - and it is the only medical center in the state to earn such an honor.

UAB is the state's largest single-site employer, with more than 23,000 employees, and an annual economic impact of over $5 billion on Alabama.