The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is a public co-educational, state-supported research university within The University of Alabama
System. We offer 61 degree-granting programs meeting the highest standards of excellence, to include 30 bachelor’s degree programs, 18 Masters’ degree programs, and 13 Ph.D. programs throughout the five colleges: Business Administration, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Nursing, and Science.

  • UAHuntsville’s Cooperative Education Program is one of only 13
    accredited programs in the U.S., according to The Accreditation Council for Cooperative Education.

  • 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 scientist in Alabama.

  • 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’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 has been named as one of "America's 100 Best College Buys" for 13 consecutive years.

  • U. S. News & World Report ranks UAHuntsville in the top 10 percent in the nation in Business Administration and in the top 15 percent
    internationally.

  • Four UAHuntsville research disciplines rank in the top 50 in the nation in federal research funding, according to the National Science Foundation. UAHuntsville's atmospheric science program was 19th in the nation in funding, followed by computer science at 20th, mechanical engineering at 26th, and electrical engineering at 49th.

  • UAHuntsville’s graduate level engineering management program has been singled out as being the best in the nation by the American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM).

  • UAHuntsville is ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the 175 best national doctoral universities—a distinction shared by only 7 percent of the 2,000 four-year colleges in America.

  • UAHuntsville is the lead institution and is home to the National Space Science and Technology Center, a national research laboratory
    consortium.

  • UAHuntsville consistently ranks among the top universities in the
    nation in NASA-sponsored research.

  • UAHuntsville’s technology management program ranks in the top 20 in America by the American Research Council.

  • 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.

UAHuntsville Statistics

Total Enrollment Fall 2009: 7,681
(3.4% increase from 2008)
FTE student to faculty ratio: 16/1
Average ACT score of incoming freshman class: 25

Accreditations of schools and programs for 2008-2009

Southern Assn. of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
Accreditation Council for Cooperative Education (ACCE)
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
Computing Sciences Accreditation Board (CSAB)
National Association of School of Music (NASM)
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD)

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