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University of Alabama at Birmingham

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a public research university in Birmingham, Alabama. Founded in 1969 in the University of Alabama System, UAB has grown to be the state's largest single employer, with more than 24,200 faculty and staff and over 53,000 jobs at the university and in the health system. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[7]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Former name
Medical College of Alabama (1859–1966)
Birmingham Extension Center (1936–1966)
College of General Studies (1966)
The University of Alabama in Birmingham (1966–1969)
TypePublic research university
EstablishedJune 16, 1969; 54 years ago (June 16, 1969)
Parent institution
University of Alabama System
AccreditationSACS
Academic affiliation
Endowment$711.6 million[1]
Budget$4.34 billion (2021)[2]
PresidentRay L. Watts
ProvostPam Benoit
Academic staff
3,096[3]
Total staff
24,259[4]
Students22,563[5]
Undergraduates13,836
Postgraduates8,087
Location, ,
United States

33°30′07″N 86°48′28″W / 33.5020°N 86.8079°W / 33.5020; -86.8079
CampusMidsize city, 437 acres (1.77 km2)
NewspaperThe Kaleidoscope
ColorsGreen and gold[6]
   
NicknameBlazers
Sporting affiliations
MascotBlaze the Dragon
Websitewww.uab.edu

UAB offers 140 programs of study in 12 academic divisions leading to bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degrees in the liberal arts, humanities, mathematics, social, behavioral, natural and physical sciences, business, education, engineering, and health-related fields such as medicine, dentistry, optometry, nursing, and public health.[8] In the fall of 2020, 22,563 students from more than 110 countries were enrolled.[9]

The UAB Health System, one of the largest academic medical centers in the United States, is affiliated with the university. UAB Hospital sponsors residency programs in medical specialties, including internal medicine, neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, surgery, radiology, and anesthesiology.

History edit

In 1936, in response to the rapid growth of the Birmingham metropolitan area and the need for the population to have access to a university education, the University of Alabama established the Birmingham Extension Center.[10] The center operated in an old house in downtown Birmingham at 2131 6th Avenue North and enrolled 116 students. In 1945, UA's newly established four-year School of Medicine moved from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham and took over management of Jefferson and Hillman hospitals. In 1957 enrollment at the extension center stood at 1,856. By 1959, research grants, training grants, and fellowships exceeded $1 million, and ground was broken for a new Children's Hospital.

By the 1960s, it grew apparent that the extension center was becoming a university in its own right. An engineering building was built close to the medical center in 1962. In September 1966, the Extension Center was renamed the College of General Studies and elevated to a full four-year program. That November, the College of General Studies and the School of Medicine were merged into the University of Alabama in Birmingham, with Dr. Joseph Volker as "Vice President for Birmingham Affairs"–reflecting that it was still treated as an offsite department of the main campus in Tuscaloosa. An Advisory Board for UAB was created in 1967. In 1969, the legislature created the University of Alabama System. UAB became one of three four-year institutions within the new system, which also included UA and the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) in Huntsville. Volker became UAB's first president.[10]

In the 1970s, the university began a period of rapid growth. Enrollment at the beginning of the decade stood at 6,629, including 2,724 women. To accommodate the growing student population, UAB acquired land in the Southside. UAB Mini Park (the predecessor to The UAB Green) was dedicated in 1977.

The university created an intercollegiate athletic program, joined the NCAA and began fielding teams beginning with golf in 1970 and men's basketball in 1978. The university's name was changed to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1984, simply exchanging the preposition "In" for "at."

Presidents of UAB edit

Campus edit

 
UAB campus and downtown Birmingham

UAB is located in the Southside neighborhood of downtown Birmingham. Occupying more than 100 city blocks,[11] the roughly rectangular campus blends with the urban character of the Southside, stretching between 4th Ave S and 12th Ave S north to south and 8th St and 22nd St east to west. University Boulevard serves as the main axis of the rectangle and Campus Green sits approximately at the center.

The campus can be divided into three sections. The medical center occupies most of the campus east of Campus Green. The medical center is home to the health science schools and their teaching facilities, including the UAB Health System (UABHS). The medical center overlaps with the larger Birmingham Medical District where, in addition to UABHS, non-UAB affiliated hospitals such as the VA Medical Center Birmingham, Children's Hospital of Alabama and Cooper Green Mercy Hospital are located.

The academic heart of campus stretches from the Campus Green west and from University Boulevard south. Campus Green, developed between 2000 and 2007 as part of the move to convert the school from its previously commuter school feel into a more traditional residential campus, not only anchors the academic campus but serves as the centerpiece for the university as a whole. Most academics and arts buildings (excluding those associated with the medical center), residence halls, and student life facilities sit on or within two blocks of the Green.

 
Students relaxing on Campus Green

Athletics facilities, including Bartow Arena and PNC Field are located on the far western side of campus.

Since 1969, UAB has undergone extensive growth and construction projects are common across campus. Projects that are in planning, recently completed, or under construction include:[12]

  • Collat School of Business and Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ribbon cutting on August 28, 2019.[13]
  • Police and Public Safety Headquarters, ribbon cutting on August 9, 2018.[14]
  • School of Nursing, ribbon cutting on September 6, 2018.[15]
  • College of Arts & Sciences University Hall - the first LEED-certified building on UAB campus - ribbon cutting on September, 2019.[16]

Organization and administration edit

Academic Divisions of UAB
College/school Year founded[17]

College of Arts and Sciences 2010
School of Business 1971
School of Dentistry 1945
School of Education 1971
School of Engineering 1971
School of Health Professions 1969
School of Medicine 1945
School of Nursing 1967
School of Optometry 1969
School of Public Health 1981
Honors College 2012
Graduate School 1970

UAB is an autonomous institution within the University of Alabama System, which is governed by the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama and headed by Chancellor of the University of Alabama. The board is self-nominating and composed of 15 elected members and two ex officio members. The makeup of the board is dictated by the Constitution of the State of Alabama, and requires that the board be made up of three members from the congressional district that contains the Tuscaloosa campus, and two members from every other congressional district in Alabama. Board members are elected by the board and are confirmed by the Alabama State Senate. Board members may serve three consecutive six-year terms.[18]

The president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham is the principal executive officer of the university and is appointed by the chancellor with approval of the board of trustees. The president reports directly to the chancellor, and is responsible for the daily operations of the university. The president also acts as chairman of the board of the UAB Health System.[19] Richard Marchase was named interim president on August 21, 2012, after the retirement of former president Carol Garrison.[20][21][22][23] In February 2013, Ray L. Watts became UAB's seventh president.[24]

Colleges edit

UAB is composed of one college, nine schools and the Graduate School. Together, these divisions offer 56 bachelor's degree programs, 59 master's degree programs, and 40 doctoral programs.[25]

Before 2010, the schools of Arts and Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Natural Science and Mathematics, and Education were separate, degree-granting units within the university. The schools were merged into a single college (the first at UAB): the College of Arts and Sciences, with Education retaining its identity as a distinct unit within the new college. University leaders cited efficiency, curricula, and more opportunity for interdisciplinary research and cooperation for the restructuring.[26]

Endowment edit

UAB's endowment stood at $711.6 million in 2021.[27] UAB received more than $715 million in research grants and extramural awards for FY 2022.[28]

In 1999, the university launched a capital campaign with a goal of $250 million. When it ended in 2003, the UAB Capital Campaign had raised over $388.7 million.

The Campaign for UAB launched publicly in October 2013 with a goal of raising $1 billion. Prior to the public launch of the campaign, UAB had already received over $420 million in donations.[29] In 2018, UAB exceeded the $1 billion goal of The Campaign for UAB, the most ambitious fundraising effort in the university's history. Putting the Campaign over its goal was the largest single gift ever made to UAB: $30 million from O’Neal Industries and its shareholders to name the O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB.[30][31]

Academics edit

Average tuition for full-time students (AY 2021–2022)[32]
- Alabama resident Non-resident
Undergraduate (2 x 15cr) $10,710 $25,500
Graduate (2 x 12cr) $8,100 $24,534
Optometry (yr) $9,286 $18,004
Dentistry (yr) $14,891 $34,710
Medicine (yr) $29,998 $62,714

UAB is a large, four-year research university and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[33] UAB has been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools since 1970, according to the U.S. Department of Education.[34] Undergraduates comprise a majority of the total university enrollment. Part-time and transfer student comprise a sizable portion of the undergraduate student body. The undergraduate instructional program provides a balance between professional programs of study and the liberal arts (meaning the number of degrees awarded in the two areas is similar), and there is a high level of co-existence between the graduate and undergraduate programs (meaning that the majority of undergraduate program have graduate degree program counterparts). The university has a high level of research activity and has a graduate instructional program emphasizing doctorates in STEM fields as well as professional programs in the health and veterinary sciences.

The academic calendar is based on the semester system, which divides the academic year, lasting from mid-August to early May, into two 15-week semesters (fall and spring) and the summer. The fall semester ends in early December and the spring term begins in early January. The summer, which lasts from mid-May to August, is divided into a number of sessions: a 12-week session, a 3-week "mini-semester" in May, a nine-week session in June and July, and two four-week sessions in June and July, respectively.[35] The schools of medicine and dentistry follow an academic calendar beginning in July and ending in late May/early June.[36][37]

In academic year 2016–2017, UAB awarded in a total 2,384 bachelor's degrees; 1,795 master's degrees, 33 educational specialist degrees; 125 research doctorates; and 391 professional doctorates.[38]

Student profile edit

In fall semester 2018, the UAB student body consisted of 13,836 undergraduates, 6,933 graduate students and 1,154 professional doctoral students from all 67 Alabama counties, all 50 states and more than 110 foreign countries. In fall semester 2018, 5,737 students were enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences, 3,432 in Business, 2,736 in Nursing, 2,431 in Health Professions, 1,775 in Education, 1,486 in Engineering, 752 in Public Health, 694 in Medicine, 324 in Joint Health Sciences, 271 in Dentistry, 217 in Optometry, and an additional 1,902 who were undecided.

Of the undergraduate student body, 33.2% are from Jefferson County, 14.4% are from other counties in the Birmingham metropolitan area, specifically Blount, Shelby, St. Clair and Walker counties. 29.4% come from the rest of Alabama, 18.2% from the rest of the United States, while international students comprise 4.8%. The male-to-female ratio among undergraduates is 2:3. Reflecting one of the core reasons for UAB's founding, a large percentage of undergraduates are from non-traditional demographics. 27.4% of undergraduates are part-time students, and 18.7% are above the age of 25. (The average undergraduate is 23 years old.)[39]

The undergraduate student body was 56% non-Hispanic white, 26% Black/African-American, 6% Asian, 5% two or more races, 3% Hispanic, and 3% International.[40]

Faculty and staff edit

UAB has 24,259 employees, 12,913 in the university, including 3,096 faculty, and 11,346 in the UAB Health System.[41] 91.3% of the faculty at UAB hold an academic or professional doctorate. Eight faculty members from UAB have been elected to the National Institute of Medicine.[42] The student-faculty ratio at UAB is 18:1.

Library edit

UAB has eight library locations: Mervyn H. Sterne Library, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, Lister Hill Library at University Hospital, Reynolds-Finley Historical Library, Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences, UAB Archives, UAB Digital Collections, and the 801 Building.[43] Sterne Library holds 1.7 million print volumes while Lister Hill Library holds a little under 350,000.[17]

Rankings edit

USNWR graduate school rankings[51]

Business: Part-Time MBA 89
Education 99
Engineering 112
Medical: Primary Care 24
Medical: Research 35
Nursing: Doctorate 13
Nursing: Master's 10

USNWR departmental rankings[51]

Biological Sciences 74
Biostatistics 19
Chemistry 122
Clinical Psychology 70
Computer Science 120
Epiodemiology 17
Health Care Management 1
Health Policy Management 15
Mathematics 117
Nursing: Anesthesia 65
Occupational Therapy 23
Physical Therapy 13
Physician Assistant 8
Physics 124
Psychology 97
Public Affairs 67
Public Health 19
Sociology 84
Statistics 89

In the 2022 U.S. News & World Report rankings, UAB was tied for the 137th best national university and was ranked tied for the 64th best public university.[52] The UAB Master of Science in Health Administration program is the top ranked Health Care Management program in the U.S. News & World Report rankings and the No. 1 program at UAB. Since 2015, the MSHA program has been the highest-ranking program at UAB.[53] In 2023, Fortune ranked the UAB's in-person master's degree in cybersecurity offered by the Department of Computer Science as the No. 1 program in the country.[54]

In 2018, UAB was named the Top Young University in the U.S. (50 years or younger) and among the top 10 globally in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, which ranks effectiveness in areas such as teaching, research, citations, international outlooks and industry outcomes.[55]

Student life edit

Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
Race and ethnicity[56] Total
White 55% 55
 
Black 24% 24
 
Asian 7% 7
 
Hispanic 6% 6
 
Other[a] 6% 6
 
Foreign national 2% 2
 
Economic diversity
Low-income[b] 37% 37
 
Affluent[c] 63% 63
 

There are over 300 student organizations on the UAB campus.

The UAB Model Arab League team is among the best government model teams in the nation with over five years of expansion and award-winning achievement including multiple "outstanding delegation" awards. The UAB Mock Trial team is consistently among the nation's best as a perennial Top 25 program. The program enjoyed its greatest success in 2006, when the team won the national title in the Silver Division defeating the defending national champions of Harvard University.

Recreation Center edit

 
UAB Recreation Center

Opened in 2005, the UAB Recreation Center serves the students, faculty, and alumni of UAB as well as the Birmingham community. The 150,000 square feet (14,000 m2) covers three floors: housing four basketball/volleyball courts, four racquetball courts (one of which can be converted to squash and four for wallyball), four aerobics studios, 18,000 square feet (1,700 m2) of weight and cardio-fitness areas, game room, KidsZone, aquatics center with both lap and leisure components, CenterCourt gym used for indoor soccer, floor hockey and badminton, juice bar, indoor track, and a climbing wall. The center includes free weights, court sports, swimming pools, group fitness classes, nutrition education, fitness areas, and a climbing wall.

Greek life edit

About six percent of undergraduate men and eight percent of undergraduate women are active in UAB's Greek system.[57] Twenty-two Greek Letter Organization (GLOs) are active on campus. Four governing bodies oversee the operations of university-sanctioned GLOs. These bodies act as umbrella organizations over the member GLOs. Among the differences between the governing bodies, the most important distinction are recruitment process and policies.

Student media edit

UAB Student Media is the home of the University of Alabama at Birmingham's student-run media outlets. They include Kaleidoscope, an award-winning weekly newspaper; BlazeRadio, a 24-hour online radio station live on the TuneIn app; Aura Literary Arts Review, a twice-yearly student magazine featuring fiction, creative non-fiction, art, photography, poetry and reviews; and UABTV, original, web-based video programming. UAB students operate all media. The articles, posts, newscasts and opinions are solely those of its student writers, producers, editors, deejays, etc. and do not reflect that of the university, its administrators or the Student Media advisors.[58]

Intramurals edit

The school has an intramural program that runs year-round. Students and staff compete for league trophies in sports such as basketball, bowling, flag football, golf, soccer, softball, ultimate frisbee, and volleyball, or play in tournaments in billiards, racquetball, tennis, and other sports.

On August 29, 2018, UAB held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for an Intramural Complex, located at 1101 Fifth Ave. South, that is home for the university's intramural outdoor sports and club sports. The complex is a joint project between UAB Student Affairs and Campus Recreation through the UAB Facilities Division. Campus Recreation will oversee the fields, as well as program and schedule them. The space includes two full-size competition fields, two digital scoreboards, access to water and campus Wi-Fi, and a utility building that includes two all-gender restrooms, a storage space for sports equipment, and a utility room for lights and power.[59]

Health system edit

The UAB Health System (UABHS) is a partnership between UAB and the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation (UAHSF), a private not-for-profit medical practice made up of the faculty of the UAB School of Medicine. UABHS is governed by a board of directors which has representatives of UAHSF, the University of Alabama Board of Trustees, and UAB administrators. The UAB president is the ex officio chairperson of the UAB Health System. The CEO of the UABHS reports directly to the UAB Health System board and is appointed by the chairman of the board.

UAB Hospital is the central institution of UABHS. It was formed as University Hospital in 1945 from the merger of Jefferson Hospital and Hillman Hospital, two private hospitals in the Southside of Birmingham acquired by the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. University Hospital was created to serve as the primary teaching hospital for the School of Medicine.

The other major institutions of UABHS include:

  • The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital, an outpatient clinic of UAB Hospital
  • UAB Callahan Eye Hospital & Clinics, founded independently as the Eye Foundation Hospital in 1963 and merged into UABHS in 1973,[60]
  • UAB Medicine Women and Infants Center
  • UAB Hospital-Highlands. Formerly HealthSouth's flagship medical center in the Southside, UABHS acquired it in 2006. Highlands now serves as an acute care hospital. In 2011, Highlands was merged completely into UAB Hospital.
  • Spain Rehabilitation Center
  • UAB Medicine Health Centers, clinics operated and staffed by UABHS located throughout central Alabama
  • Viva Health, a health maintenance organization (HMO) which is a subsidiary of Triton Health Systems, a limited liability corporation based in Birmingham and owned by the UABHS

In addition UABHS manages, but does not operate, Medical West in Bessemer and Baptist Health in Montgomery. UABHS also has affiliations with the Birmingham VA Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Alabama, and Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville.

Athletics edit

 
UAB Blazers Men's Basketball vs. Tulsa at Bartow Arena

UAB's athletic teams are known as the Blazers. The school athletic colors are forest green and old gold.[61] The school currently participates in NCAA Division I, as a member of the American Athletic Conference since 2023.[62] The men's basketball team, coached by Andy Kennedy, plays in 8,508-seat Bartow Arena.

The school started its intercollegiate athletic program in 1978.[17] The program was inaugurated with men's basketball by Gene Bartow, who was John Wooden's successor at UCLA. Bartow left UCLA after several exceptional seasons (52–9 over three seasons, including a berth in the Final Four in 1976) to head up the founding of the first UAB men's basketball team. He served as the school's first head basketball coach and athletic director for 18 years. Bartow led UAB to the NIT in the program's second year of existence and followed that with seven straight NCAA Tournament appearances, including trips to the Sweet 16 in 1981 and the Elite Eight in 1982. Bartow retired from coaching in 1996 and, in 1997, UAB renamed its basketball venue from UAB Arena to Bartow Arena in his honor. In 30 years, UAB has made 13 NCAA appearances, three Sweet Sixteen appearances, and an Elite Eight appearance, and has had 27 winning seasons, 19 of which were 20+ win seasons.

In addition to basketball, UAB has programs in men's sports for baseball, golf, soccer, and tennis. Women's sports programs include softball, basketball, golf, soccer, tennis, track and field (indoor and outdoor), cross country, rifle and volleyball. On November 11, 2010, UAB announced the addition of sand volleyball and bowling beginning with the 2011–2012 academic year.[63]

Professional golfer Graeme McDowell (winner of the 2010 U.S. Open) played on the UAB golf team from 1998 to 2002.[64]

In December 2014, the university announced that three sports were being eliminated at the end of the 2014–2015 academic year: football, bowling and rifle. This was the result of an external review commissioned by the university that cited the rapidly changing landscape of the NCAA and soaring operating costs.[65] The football program became bowl-eligible for the first time in a decade following a win against Southern Miss two days before the announcement.[66] On June 1, 2015, Watts announced the reversal of the decision to end UAB football due to the large public opinion against the decision and the public fundraising of more than $27 million towards the program. The Blazers football program, rifle, and bowling programs were all reinstated with the former expected to resume play as early as 2016,.[67] On June 4, 2015, Athletic Director Mark Ingram indicated that the 2017 season was a more reasonable timeline to field a football team for play.[68] The football team resumed play for the 2017 NCAA Football season achieving an 8–5 record, the program's best since 1993, and earning an invitation to the 2017 Bahamas Bowl, the team's first bowl game since 2004.[69] Blazer Football had a historic season in 2018, earning the program's first Conference USA championship, first bowl win and best-ever record of 11–3.[70]

Notable alumni and faculty edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer to not say.
  2. ^ The percentage of students who received an income-based federal Pell grant intended for low-income students.
  3. ^ The percentage of students who are a part of the American middle class at the bare minimum.

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UAB redirects here For this school s athletic program see UAB Blazers For Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona see Autonomous University of Barcelona For other uses see UAB disambiguation The University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB is a public research university in Birmingham Alabama Founded in 1969 in the University of Alabama System UAB has grown to be the state s largest single employer with more than 24 200 faculty and staff and over 53 000 jobs at the university and in the health system The university is classified among R1 Doctoral Universities Very high research activity 7 The University of Alabama at BirminghamFormer nameMedical College of Alabama 1859 1966 Birmingham Extension Center 1936 1966 College of General Studies 1966 The University of Alabama in Birmingham 1966 1969 TypePublic research universityEstablishedJune 16 1969 54 years ago June 16 1969 Parent institutionUniversity of Alabama SystemAccreditationSACSAcademic affiliationGCUORAUSea grantSpace grantEndowment 711 6 million 1 Budget 4 34 billion 2021 2 PresidentRay L WattsProvostPam BenoitAcademic staff3 096 3 Total staff24 259 4 Students22 563 5 Undergraduates13 836Postgraduates8 087LocationBirmingham Alabama United States33 30 07 N 86 48 28 W 33 5020 N 86 8079 W 33 5020 86 8079CampusMidsize city 437 acres 1 77 km2 NewspaperThe KaleidoscopeColorsGreen and gold 6 NicknameBlazersSporting affiliationsNCAA Division I FBS AACMEACSoConC USAMascotBlaze the DragonWebsitewww wbr uab wbr eduUAB offers 140 programs of study in 12 academic divisions leading to bachelor s master s doctoral and professional degrees in the liberal arts humanities mathematics social behavioral natural and physical sciences business education engineering and health related fields such as medicine dentistry optometry nursing and public health 8 In the fall of 2020 22 563 students from more than 110 countries were enrolled 9 The UAB Health System one of the largest academic medical centers in the United States is affiliated with the university UAB Hospital sponsors residency programs in medical specialties including internal medicine neurology physical medicine and rehabilitation surgery radiology and anesthesiology Contents 1 History 2 Presidents of UAB 3 Campus 4 Organization and administration 4 1 Colleges 4 2 Endowment 5 Academics 5 1 Student profile 5 2 Faculty and staff 5 3 Library 5 4 Rankings 6 Student life 6 1 Recreation Center 6 2 Greek life 6 3 Student media 6 4 Intramurals 7 Health system 8 Athletics 9 Notable alumni and faculty 10 Notes 11 References 12 External linksHistory editIn 1936 in response to the rapid growth of the Birmingham metropolitan area and the need for the population to have access to a university education the University of Alabama established the Birmingham Extension Center 10 The center operated in an old house in downtown Birmingham at 2131 6th Avenue North and enrolled 116 students In 1945 UA s newly established four year School of Medicine moved from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham and took over management of Jefferson and Hillman hospitals In 1957 enrollment at the extension center stood at 1 856 By 1959 research grants training grants and fellowships exceeded 1 million and ground was broken for a new Children s Hospital By the 1960s it grew apparent that the extension center was becoming a university in its own right An engineering building was built close to the medical center in 1962 In September 1966 the Extension Center was renamed the College of General Studies and elevated to a full four year program That November the College of General Studies and the School of Medicine were merged into the University of Alabama in Birmingham with Dr Joseph Volker as Vice President for Birmingham Affairs reflecting that it was still treated as an offsite department of the main campus in Tuscaloosa An Advisory Board for UAB was created in 1967 In 1969 the legislature created the University of Alabama System UAB became one of three four year institutions within the new system which also included UA and the University of Alabama in Huntsville UAH in Huntsville Volker became UAB s first president 10 In the 1970s the university began a period of rapid growth Enrollment at the beginning of the decade stood at 6 629 including 2 724 women To accommodate the growing student population UAB acquired land in the Southside UAB Mini Park the predecessor to The UAB Green was dedicated in 1977 The university created an intercollegiate athletic program joined the NCAA and began fielding teams beginning with golf in 1970 and men s basketball in 1978 The university s name was changed to the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1984 simply exchanging the preposition In for at Presidents of UAB editJoseph F Volker 1966 1976 titled as VP for Birmingham Affairs 1966 1969 10 S Richardson Hill Jr 1977 1987 Charles A McCallum 1987 1993 J Claude Bennett 1993 1996 Paul Hardin 1997 interim W Ann Reynolds 1997 2002 Carol Garrison 2002 2012 Ray L Watts 2013 presentCampus edit nbsp UAB campus and downtown BirminghamUAB is located in the Southside neighborhood of downtown Birmingham Occupying more than 100 city blocks 11 the roughly rectangular campus blends with the urban character of the Southside stretching between 4th Ave S and 12th Ave S north to south and 8th St and 22nd St east to west University Boulevard serves as the main axis of the rectangle and Campus Green sits approximately at the center The campus can be divided into three sections The medical center occupies most of the campus east of Campus Green The medical center is home to the health science schools and their teaching facilities including the UAB Health System UABHS The medical center overlaps with the larger Birmingham Medical District where in addition to UABHS non UAB affiliated hospitals such as the VA Medical Center Birmingham Children s Hospital of Alabama and Cooper Green Mercy Hospital are located The academic heart of campus stretches from the Campus Green west and from University Boulevard south Campus Green developed between 2000 and 2007 as part of the move to convert the school from its previously commuter school feel into a more traditional residential campus not only anchors the academic campus but serves as the centerpiece for the university as a whole Most academics and arts buildings excluding those associated with the medical center residence halls and student life facilities sit on or within two blocks of the Green nbsp Students relaxing on Campus GreenAthletics facilities including Bartow Arena and PNC Field are located on the far western side of campus Since 1969 UAB has undergone extensive growth and construction projects are common across campus Projects that are in planning recently completed or under construction include 12 Collat School of Business and Bill L Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship ribbon cutting on August 28 2019 13 Police and Public Safety Headquarters ribbon cutting on August 9 2018 14 School of Nursing ribbon cutting on September 6 2018 15 College of Arts amp Sciences University Hall the first LEED certified building on UAB campus ribbon cutting on September 2019 16 Organization and administration editAcademic Divisions of UABCollege school Year founded 17 College of Arts and Sciences 2010School of Business 1971School of Dentistry 1945School of Education 1971School of Engineering 1971School of Health Professions 1969School of Medicine 1945School of Nursing 1967School of Optometry 1969School of Public Health 1981Honors College 2012Graduate School 1970UAB is an autonomous institution within the University of Alabama System which is governed by the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama and headed by Chancellor of the University of Alabama The board is self nominating and composed of 15 elected members and two ex officio members The makeup of the board is dictated by the Constitution of the State of Alabama and requires that the board be made up of three members from the congressional district that contains the Tuscaloosa campus and two members from every other congressional district in Alabama Board members are elected by the board and are confirmed by the Alabama State Senate Board members may serve three consecutive six year terms 18 The president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham is the principal executive officer of the university and is appointed by the chancellor with approval of the board of trustees The president reports directly to the chancellor and is responsible for the daily operations of the university The president also acts as chairman of the board of the UAB Health System 19 Richard Marchase was named interim president on August 21 2012 after the retirement of former president Carol Garrison 20 21 22 23 In February 2013 Ray L Watts became UAB s seventh president 24 Colleges edit UAB is composed of one college nine schools and the Graduate School Together these divisions offer 56 bachelor s degree programs 59 master s degree programs and 40 doctoral programs 25 Before 2010 the schools of Arts and Humanities Social and Behavioral Sciences Natural Science and Mathematics and Education were separate degree granting units within the university The schools were merged into a single college the first at UAB the College of Arts and Sciences with Education retaining its identity as a distinct unit within the new college University leaders cited efficiency curricula and more opportunity for interdisciplinary research and cooperation for the restructuring 26 Endowment edit UAB s endowment stood at 711 6 million in 2021 27 UAB received more than 715 million in research grants and extramural awards for FY 2022 28 In 1999 the university launched a capital campaign with a goal of 250 million When it ended in 2003 the UAB Capital Campaign had raised over 388 7 million The Campaign for UAB launched publicly in October 2013 with a goal of raising 1 billion Prior to the public launch of the campaign UAB had already received over 420 million in donations 29 In 2018 UAB exceeded the 1 billion goal of The Campaign for UAB the most ambitious fundraising effort in the university s history Putting the Campaign over its goal was the largest single gift ever made to UAB 30 million from O Neal Industries and its shareholders to name the O Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB 30 31 Academics editAverage tuition for full time students AY 2021 2022 32 Alabama resident Non residentUndergraduate 2 x 15cr 10 710 25 500Graduate 2 x 12cr 8 100 24 534Optometry yr 9 286 18 004Dentistry yr 14 891 34 710Medicine yr 29 998 62 714UAB is a large four year research university and is classified among R1 Doctoral Universities Very high research activity 33 UAB has been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools since 1970 according to the U S Department of Education 34 Undergraduates comprise a majority of the total university enrollment Part time and transfer student comprise a sizable portion of the undergraduate student body The undergraduate instructional program provides a balance between professional programs of study and the liberal arts meaning the number of degrees awarded in the two areas is similar and there is a high level of co existence between the graduate and undergraduate programs meaning that the majority of undergraduate program have graduate degree program counterparts The university has a high level of research activity and has a graduate instructional program emphasizing doctorates in STEM fields as well as professional programs in the health and veterinary sciences The academic calendar is based on the semester system which divides the academic year lasting from mid August to early May into two 15 week semesters fall and spring and the summer The fall semester ends in early December and the spring term begins in early January The summer which lasts from mid May to August is divided into a number of sessions a 12 week session a 3 week mini semester in May a nine week session in June and July and two four week sessions in June and July respectively 35 The schools of medicine and dentistry follow an academic calendar beginning in July and ending in late May early June 36 37 In academic year 2016 2017 UAB awarded in a total 2 384 bachelor s degrees 1 795 master s degrees 33 educational specialist degrees 125 research doctorates and 391 professional doctorates 38 Student profile edit In fall semester 2018 the UAB student body consisted of 13 836 undergraduates 6 933 graduate students and 1 154 professional doctoral students from all 67 Alabama counties all 50 states and more than 110 foreign countries In fall semester 2018 5 737 students were enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences 3 432 in Business 2 736 in Nursing 2 431 in Health Professions 1 775 in Education 1 486 in Engineering 752 in Public Health 694 in Medicine 324 in Joint Health Sciences 271 in Dentistry 217 in Optometry and an additional 1 902 who were undecided Of the undergraduate student body 33 2 are from Jefferson County 14 4 are from other counties in the Birmingham metropolitan area specifically Blount Shelby St Clair and Walker counties 29 4 come from the rest of Alabama 18 2 from the rest of the United States while international students comprise 4 8 The male to female ratio among undergraduates is 2 3 Reflecting one of the core reasons for UAB s founding a large percentage of undergraduates are from non traditional demographics 27 4 of undergraduates are part time students and 18 7 are above the age of 25 The average undergraduate is 23 years old 39 The undergraduate student body was 56 non Hispanic white 26 Black African American 6 Asian 5 two or more races 3 Hispanic and 3 International 40 Faculty and staff edit UAB has 24 259 employees 12 913 in the university including 3 096 faculty and 11 346 in the UAB Health System 41 91 3 of the faculty at UAB hold an academic or professional doctorate Eight faculty members from UAB have been elected to the National Institute of Medicine 42 The student faculty ratio at UAB is 18 1 Library edit UAB has eight library locations Mervyn H Sterne Library Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences Lister Hill Library at University Hospital Reynolds Finley Historical Library Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences UAB Archives UAB Digital Collections and the 801 Building 43 Sterne Library holds 1 7 million print volumes while Lister Hill Library holds a little under 350 000 17 Academic rankingsNationalForbes 44 307THE WSJ 45 256U S News amp World Report 46 137Washington Monthly 47 196GlobalARWU 48 301 400THE 49 169U S News amp World Report 50 147Rankings edit USNWR graduate school rankings 51 Business Part Time MBA 89Education 99Engineering 112Medical Primary Care 24Medical Research 35Nursing Doctorate 13Nursing Master s 10USNWR departmental rankings 51 Biological Sciences 74Biostatistics 19Chemistry 122Clinical Psychology 70Computer Science 120Epiodemiology 17Health Care Management 1Health Policy Management 15Mathematics 117Nursing Anesthesia 65Occupational Therapy 23Physical Therapy 13Physician Assistant 8Physics 124Psychology 97Public Affairs 67Public Health 19Sociology 84Statistics 89In the 2022 U S News amp World Report rankings UAB was tied for the 137th best national university and was ranked tied for the 64th best public university 52 The UAB Master of Science in Health Administration program is the top ranked Health Care Management program in the U S News amp World Report rankings and the No 1 program at UAB Since 2015 the MSHA program has been the highest ranking program at UAB 53 In 2023 Fortune ranked the UAB s in person master s degree in cybersecurity offered by the Department of Computer Science as the No 1 program in the country 54 In 2018 UAB was named the Top Young University in the U S 50 years or younger and among the top 10 globally in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings which ranks effectiveness in areas such as teaching research citations international outlooks and industry outcomes 55 Student life editStudent body composition as of May 2 2022 Race and ethnicity 56 TotalWhite 55 55 Black 24 24 Asian 7 7 Hispanic 6 6 Other a 6 6 Foreign national 2 2 Economic diversityLow income b 37 37 Affluent c 63 63 There are over 300 student organizations on the UAB campus The UAB Model Arab League team is among the best government model teams in the nation with over five years of expansion and award winning achievement including multiple outstanding delegation awards The UAB Mock Trial team is consistently among the nation s best as a perennial Top 25 program The program enjoyed its greatest success in 2006 when the team won the national title in the Silver Division defeating the defending national champions of Harvard University Recreation Center edit nbsp UAB Recreation CenterOpened in 2005 the UAB Recreation Center serves the students faculty and alumni of UAB as well as the Birmingham community The 150 000 square feet 14 000 m2 covers three floors housing four basketball volleyball courts four racquetball courts one of which can be converted to squash and four for wallyball four aerobics studios 18 000 square feet 1 700 m2 of weight and cardio fitness areas game room KidsZone aquatics center with both lap and leisure components CenterCourt gym used for indoor soccer floor hockey and badminton juice bar indoor track and a climbing wall The center includes free weights court sports swimming pools group fitness classes nutrition education fitness areas and a climbing wall Greek life edit About six percent of undergraduate men and eight percent of undergraduate women are active in UAB s Greek system 57 Twenty two Greek Letter Organization GLOs are active on campus Four governing bodies oversee the operations of university sanctioned GLOs These bodies act as umbrella organizations over the member GLOs Among the differences between the governing bodies the most important distinction are recruitment process and policies Student media edit UAB Student Media is the home of the University of Alabama at Birmingham s student run media outlets They include Kaleidoscope an award winning weekly newspaper BlazeRadio a 24 hour online radio station live on the TuneIn app Aura Literary Arts Review a twice yearly student magazine featuring fiction creative non fiction art photography poetry and reviews and UABTV original web based video programming UAB students operate all media The articles posts newscasts and opinions are solely those of its student writers producers editors deejays etc and do not reflect that of the university its administrators or the Student Media advisors 58 Intramurals edit The school has an intramural program that runs year round Students and staff compete for league trophies in sports such as basketball bowling flag football golf soccer softball ultimate frisbee and volleyball or play in tournaments in billiards racquetball tennis and other sports On August 29 2018 UAB held a ribbon cutting ceremony for an Intramural Complex located at 1101 Fifth Ave South that is home for the university s intramural outdoor sports and club sports The complex is a joint project between UAB Student Affairs and Campus Recreation through the UAB Facilities Division Campus Recreation will oversee the fields as well as program and schedule them The space includes two full size competition fields two digital scoreboards access to water and campus Wi Fi and a utility building that includes two all gender restrooms a storage space for sports equipment and a utility room for lights and power 59 Health system editThe UAB Health System UABHS is a partnership between UAB and the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation UAHSF a private not for profit medical practice made up of the faculty of the UAB School of Medicine UABHS is governed by a board of directors which has representatives of UAHSF the University of Alabama Board of Trustees and UAB administrators The UAB president is the ex officio chairperson of the UAB Health System The CEO of the UABHS reports directly to the UAB Health System board and is appointed by the chairman of the board UAB Hospital is the central institution of UABHS It was formed as University Hospital in 1945 from the merger of Jefferson Hospital and Hillman Hospital two private hospitals in the Southside of Birmingham acquired by the University of Alabama Board of Trustees University Hospital was created to serve as the primary teaching hospital for the School of Medicine The other major institutions of UABHS include The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital an outpatient clinic of UAB Hospital UAB Callahan Eye Hospital amp Clinics founded independently as the Eye Foundation Hospital in 1963 and merged into UABHS in 1973 60 UAB Medicine Women and Infants Center UAB Hospital Highlands Formerly HealthSouth s flagship medical center in the Southside UABHS acquired it in 2006 Highlands now serves as an acute care hospital In 2011 Highlands was merged completely into UAB Hospital Spain Rehabilitation Center UAB Medicine Health Centers clinics operated and staffed by UABHS located throughout central Alabama Viva Health a health maintenance organization HMO which is a subsidiary of Triton Health Systems a limited liability corporation based in Birmingham and owned by the UABHSIn addition UABHS manages but does not operate Medical West in Bessemer and Baptist Health in Montgomery UABHS also has affiliations with the Birmingham VA Medical Center Children s Hospital of Alabama and Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville Athletics editMain article UAB Blazers nbsp UAB Blazers Men s Basketball vs Tulsa at Bartow ArenaUAB s athletic teams are known as the Blazers The school athletic colors are forest green and old gold 61 The school currently participates in NCAA Division I as a member of the American Athletic Conference since 2023 62 The men s basketball team coached by Andy Kennedy plays in 8 508 seat Bartow Arena The school started its intercollegiate athletic program in 1978 17 The program was inaugurated with men s basketball by Gene Bartow who was John Wooden s successor at UCLA Bartow left UCLA after several exceptional seasons 52 9 over three seasons including a berth in the Final Four in 1976 to head up the founding of the first UAB men s basketball team He served as the school s first head basketball coach and athletic director for 18 years Bartow led UAB to the NIT in the program s second year of existence and followed that with seven straight NCAA Tournament appearances including trips to the Sweet 16 in 1981 and the Elite Eight in 1982 Bartow retired from coaching in 1996 and in 1997 UAB renamed its basketball venue from UAB Arena to Bartow Arena in his honor In 30 years UAB has made 13 NCAA appearances three Sweet Sixteen appearances and an Elite Eight appearance and has had 27 winning seasons 19 of which were 20 win seasons In addition to basketball UAB has programs in men s sports for baseball golf soccer and tennis Women s sports programs include softball basketball golf soccer tennis track and field indoor and outdoor cross country rifle and volleyball On November 11 2010 UAB announced the addition of sand volleyball and bowling beginning with the 2011 2012 academic year 63 Professional golfer Graeme McDowell winner of the 2010 U S Open played on the UAB golf team from 1998 to 2002 64 In December 2014 the university announced that three sports were being eliminated at the end of the 2014 2015 academic year football bowling and rifle This was the result of an external review commissioned by the university that cited the rapidly changing landscape of the NCAA and soaring operating costs 65 The football program became bowl eligible for the first time in a decade following a win against Southern Miss two days before the announcement 66 On June 1 2015 Watts announced the reversal of the decision to end UAB football due to the large public opinion against the decision and the public fundraising of more than 27 million towards the program The Blazers football program rifle and bowling programs were all reinstated with the former expected to resume play as early as 2016 67 On June 4 2015 Athletic Director Mark Ingram indicated that the 2017 season was a more reasonable timeline to field a football team for play 68 The football team resumed play for the 2017 NCAA Football season achieving an 8 5 record the program s best since 1993 and earning an invitation to the 2017 Bahamas Bowl the team s first bowl game since 2004 69 Blazer Football had a historic season in 2018 earning the program s first Conference USA championship first bowl win and best ever record of 11 3 70 Notable alumni and faculty editMain article List of University of Alabama at Birmingham peopleNotes edit Other consists of Multiracial Americans amp those who prefer to not say The percentage of students who received an income based federal Pell grant intended for low 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