UAHuntsville has the largest research expenditures in the nation - more than $65 million when compared to all public universities of its size, much of it in partnership with industry, NASA, the U.S. Army and other Department of Defense agencies.
UAHuntsville ranks second to Georgia Tech in annual research expenditures as a percentage of total expenditures when compared to the 31 universities in the Southern University Group.
UAHuntsville is the first university in the United States to have Oak Ridge National Laboratory operate offices on their campus. This effort will also bring UAHuntsville and this community into closer collaboration with other world-class research institutions -- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Y-12 National Security Complex, among others.
UAHuntsville was among 17 research organizations and universities in the nation invited to join the National Systems Engineering Research Center, an organization created by the Department of Defense and the National Security Agency.
UAHuntsville is a doctoral-granting, research-intensive university. Approximately half of the university's graduates earn a degree in engineering or science, making UAHuntsville one of the leading producers of engineers and physical scientists in Alabama.
UAHuntsville's undergraduate business program has been ranked by business deans and senior faculty at AACSB accredited business schools among the top business schools in the U.S. for 2008.
UAHuntsville is home to the National Space Science and Technology Center, a collaborative research and education initiative focused on science crucial to the nation's future technological development.
UAHuntsville consistently ranks among the top universities in the nation in NASA-sponsored research.
UAHuntsville is the anchor tenant in Cummings Research Park, the second largest research park in the United States, and the fourth largest in the world.
UAHuntsville students have the opportunity to study with faculty possessing academic credentials respected around the world.
UAHuntsville consistently ranks among the top 20 universities in the nation for awarding bachelor's engineering degrees to women, according to the American Society of Engineering Educators.