Known for its innovative and interdisciplinary approach to education, the University of Alabama at Birmingham is the state of Alabama's largest employer and an internationally renowned research university and academic health center; its professional schools and specialty patient-care programs consistently rank among the nation's top 50.
UAB — home to prestigious centers for the study of cancer, neuroscience, AIDS, diabetes and more — excels at translating medical discoveries in the lab to revolutionary therapies in one of the nation's largest academic medical centers. Professionals at UAB Medicine use that knowledge to provide the highest quality care to more than one million patients annually in America's third-largest hospital and its affiliated clinics.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a research university and academic health center that discovers, teaches and applies knowledge for the intellectual, cultural, social and economic benefit of Birmingham, the state and beyond.
With a student enrollment exceeding 17,999, UAB encompasses more than 80 city blocks and is home to a large graduate school, a world-renowned health care complex and more than 70 research centers, focusing on such diverse issues as AIDS vaccines and aging to the environment, urban affairs, and telecommunications.
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a research university and academic health center that discovers, teaches and applies knowledge for the intellectual, cultural, social and economic benefit of Birmingham, the state and beyond.