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The campus is anchored around the 8.9 ha Quad, which sits at the site of the original campus designed by William Nichols. Through its history, from a small campus of seven buildings in the wilderness on the main road between Tuscaloosa and Huntsville in the 1830s, UA has grown to a massive 800 ha campus in the heart of Tuscaloosa today. There are about 300 buildings on campus containing almost 1km2 of space. It also plans to acquire more land to accommodate the continuing growth of the enrollment.
UA is home to several museums, cultural facilities and historical landmarks, There are also a number of housing and dining options, libraries, teaching and non-class laboratories, wellness center and other student organizations located on-campus.
The board of trustees chose to locate the UA campus in a field a mile away from the center of the town of Tuscaloosa. There are about 60 fraternities and sororities in the school's influential Greek system, made up of more than 7,000 students. Alabama Sport Clubs currently consists of over 30 active sport clubs ranging from baseball to wrestling. And whether you are a beginner or experienced, sport clubs welcome all levels of competitors. For a road trip, the city of Birmingham is about 60 miles away.
The Office of Housing and Residential Communities manages 18 housing communities for undergraduate students and 35 residence halls. Housing options range from traditional dormitories with communal bathroom to suite-style dorms to full-amenity apartments. Housing is clustered for the most part on the northern and southern sides of campus, with the newest housing on the northern side of campus.
Due the rapid increase in enrollment in recent years and freshman residence requirement, most housing on campus is reserved for freshmen, with housing given to upperclassmen where room is available. Most upperclassmen, and all graduate students, married students and students with family live off campus.
Housing options include coed housing, men's housing, women's housing, apartments for single students, fraternity/sorority housing, special housing for disabled students, special housing for international students, theme housing. Today nearly 30% of students live on campus, including over 90% of first-year freshmen.
The UA Career Center partners with students as they explore possibilities, develop skills, and connect with opportunities. It is responsible for:
Total undergraduate costs for nine-month academic year, 2016–2017 are about $47,000 for a non-resident living on-campus. This sum includes tuition and fees - about $28,000 per year, books and supplies - $1,500, room and board - $13,000, personal and transportation costs - $4,500.
The University of Alabama (Alabama or UA) is a public research university located in Tuscaloosa and the flagship of the University of Alabama System. Founded in 1820, UA is the oldest and largest of the public universities in Alabama.
UA offers programs of study in 13 academic divisions leading to bachelor's, master's, Education Specialist, and PhD’s degrees. The only publicly supported law school in the state is at UA. Other academic programs unavailable elsewhere in Alabama include doctoral programs in anthropology, communication and information sciences, metallurgical engineering, music, Romance languages, and social work.
The university provides a creative, nurturing campus environment where students can become the best individuals possible, learn from the best and brightest faculty and make a positive difference in the community, the state and the world. UA’s beautiful 1,200-acre campus and state-of-the-art labs have everything for students to be successful during their college years.
The University of Alabama's activities emerge from a broad range of research and creative theirs, many of which are recognized for their contributions to the economic, technological, and cultural growth of the State. Research and creative activity yields continuing stimulation for the instructional programs offered by the University's colleges and schools, supported by the Amelia Gorgas Library, a member of the Association of Research Libraries.
The university has a high level of research activity and has a comprehensive doctoral graduate instructional program in the liberal arts, humanities, social sciences and STEM fields, though it lacks health and veterinary sciences professional programs. As a research institution, UA offers opportunities for all students to get involved in projects. There is an annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference that showcases individual work.
The University of Alabama has consistently been ranked as one of the top 50 public universities in the nation by the U.S. News & World Report 2015. U.S. News National University Rankings 2016 placed it the 103rd nationally.
Among UA notable alumni are Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia; Margaret Conditt, Ohio State Representative and many others.
With more than 100 undergraduate programs, the university has a very wide program selection. The most popular majors by the number of registered students are Business Administration and Management, Accounting, Nursing, Marketing, Finance, Management Sciences and Information Systems, Public Relations.
Several of UA's schools are ranked individually. In the 2016 U.S. News ranking, the UA law school was tied for the 22nd in the nation, the business school was tied for the 58th, the nursing school tied for the 61st, and the engineering school was tied for the 104th. The School of Library and Information Studies is ranked the 18th nationally (the 15th among public universities) in the latest rankings for library schools, spring 2013.
