UAB's annual economic impact.

licensing income in FY2020 from UAB research

UAB employees and students have built six Habitat Houses, volunteering 15,800 hours

UAB received more than

in research funding from the NIH in 2020, ranking 12th among public universities

Forbes named UAB its

Best Large Employer for 2021.

UAB's research team includes

active externally funded investigators.

UAB's newly renovated, expanded Infusion Therapy Clinic is the largest and

magnet-designated infusion therapy center in the state.

The UAB Institute for Arts in Medicine has served more than 61,000 patients, families and staff members at UAB — and more than 15,000 people at partner sites such as Children’s of Alabama, CARES and the Exceptional Foundation since 2013.

A record

students were enrolled at UAB in fall 2020, a fifth consecutive year of record enrollment.

The Technology Innovation Center, a new home for UAB's Cheaha supercomputer and IT services, is scheduled to open in 2021.

UAB's new Proton Therapy Center is one of 36 in the U.S. and the

in Alabama.

Blazer Kitchen volunteers have served more than 100,000 meals and donated

hours of their time.

Through a nearly $6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, UAB and a broad coalition of 15 public and private organizations in Birmingham will train local youth for

high-paying IT jobs.

Birmingham has more green space per capita than any city of its size in the country.

McMahon Hall, opening spring 2021, will house more than 730 students and include a dining hall seating roughly 170 students.

Research awards at UAB reached a record

in FY2020.

of UAB’s specialties ranked among the nation’s top 50 programs of their kind in the 2020-2021 Best Hospitals report from U.S. News & World Report.

The U.S. Economic Development Administration has invested $300,000 in early-stage commercialization development of 11 projects by UAB faculty and staff.

listeners in North Central Alabama tune in weekly to NPR affiliate WBHM on UAB's campus. The station celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2016; it went on the air on Dec. 5, 1976.

Honors Hall, which opened in August 2020, is one of the latest campus buildings to be LEED certified for its energy- and water-saving design.

In 2019, UAB was selected as one of 

national Udall Centers of Excellence in Parkinson's disease.

UAB Hospital was granted recognition as a Magnet-designated organization, a prestigious symbol of nursing excellence, for an unprecedented 5th consecutive time in 2019, becoming only the

hospital worldwide to achieve this distinction.

BlazerPulse, launched in 2019, has logged more than

hours of service with 90+ community partners.

original letters from Florence Nightingale are on display at the UAB School of Nursing.

University Hall, dedicated in August 2019, is the first LEED-certified building at UAB.

UAB's transplant program celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018. UAB transplant services performed more than

transplants during that time.

Scientists recruited to work in the new Altec/Styslinger Genomic Medicine & Data Sciences Building will have a projected

economic impact on the Birmingham area.

Nearly 400 underserved people received

teeth cleanings, restorations and extractions as part of the UAB Dentistry Cares Community Day in November 2019.

A record

UAB students and recent alumni have been selected to receive Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards in 2020.

licenses and 16 patents issued in FY2020

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has designated UAB as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University, among 65 higher education institutions nationwide to receive this prestigious honor. 

UAB's campus is home to more than 4,400 trees, earning the Arbor Day Foundation's Tree Campus USA designation for five consecutive years.

UAB ranked

in the world by Times Higher Education in 2020 for research and education efforts around health and well-being.

More than

people in Alabama's Black Belt communities have been treated by School of Optometry vision scientists, doctors and students since 2002.

The employee-led UAB Benevolent Fund works with more than

local nonprofit organizations.

The first phase of UAB's Science-Engineering Complex is scheduled to open in February 2023.

UAB ranks 31st in federal research funding, based on 2019 figures, which is

among public universities. 

The Campaign for UAB surpassed $1 billion raised in November 2018. 

ArtPlay, the Alys Stephens Center’s home for arts education, served nearly

individuals in the Birmingham area through the arts in 2017-2018.

UAB is among the

in the U.S. to offer clinical trial for the treatment of patients with severe COVID-19 using nitric oxide.

babies delivered at UAB Hospital in 2019.

With more than 22,000 employees, UAB is Alabama's

single-site, non-federal employer.

of UAB students are from underrepresented groups.

UAB Medicine provides care to people in every county in Alabama.

More than

students in high-poverty schools in Alabama are focusing on college success through the UAB-led GEAR UP program.

investment in UAB Libraries has made them model 21st century learning spaces.

Cancer health disparity research funding in the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center has increased from $22 million to more than $41 million since 2007 as part of a partnership between UAB, Tuskegee University and Morehouse School of Medicine.

UAB was recognized as a 

Diversity Champion and Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award recipient by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.

UAB is a founding partner in Innovation Depot, the largest high-tech incubator in the Southeast, which had an economic impact of $2.65 billion over the past five years.

Alabama students, from kindergarten to community colleges, reached annually by programs from the UAB Center for Community OutReach Development.

UAB and Children's of Alabama treated more than 2 million patients in 2019.

Return on investment from research in the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center. With base funding of $10 million, Cancer Center investigators receive $140 million in grants and contracts.

The UAB Women & Infants Center houses the only Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Alabama.

The School of Nursing's Providing Access to Health Care (PATH) Clinic cares for uninsured and underinsured patients, improving patient outcomes, decreasing hospital admissions and significantly reducing hospital costs.

Live HealthSmart Alabama, the winner of UAB's first Grand Challenge, has conducted community COVID-19 testing at 26 different sites in Jefferson County.

UAB Hospital is among the 20 largest hospitals in the United States.

The Equal Access Birmingham Clinic, run by UAB School of Medicine students, sees hundreds of patients per year in a dedicated space just off campus.

UAB celebrated its 

anniversary in 2019.

UAB is one of

inaugural NIH-designated Centers for AIDS Research.

In the decade from 2003-2013, UAB's Health Administration program was one of the nation's leaders in the number of black doctoral recipients graduated, according to a 2017 study.

New programs launched in fall 2020

include bachelor's degrees in Cancer Biology and Entrepreneurship and a doctoral program in Neuroengineering.

lost pyramids and more than 1,000 settlements discovered by UAB space archaeologist Sarah Parcak using satellite imaging. Parcak has won the 2016 TED Prize for her pioneering work.

new patients per year treated at the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center.

UAB's Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2016.

UAB ranked 

in the U.S., and in the top 12 worldwide, in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 2019 Young University Rankings.

A ridge on Mars is named for UAB physicist Thomas Wdowiak, Ph.D., who played an important role in NASA's missions to the Red Planet.

Henry Peters, founding dean of the UAB School of Optometry, is the first optometrist to be inducted into the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame.

UAB faculty members have been presidents of the American Heart Association.

programs in top 25, U.S. News & World Report 2021 "America's Best Graduate Schools" list.

An ongoing living donor kidney transplant chain at UAB is the world's longest. The chain of surgeries has given more than 

people so far the gift of life.

UAB's Master of Science in Health Administration program is ranked

in the country in the 2020 U.S. News Best Graduate School Rankings.

The UAB School of Dentistry is transforming oral health nationwide through its leadership of the National Dental Practice-Based Research Network.

More than 6,100 participants in all

Alabama counties have enrolled in the UAB-led Alabama Genomic Health Initiative as of February 2020.

Special freezers developed by UAB engineers are in orbit aboard the International Space Station.

Millions of gallons of water per year are saved through UAB Sustainability efforts.

UAB offers the 

Health Physics and Nuclear Medicine Technology programs in Alabama.

patients seen annually by School of Optometry faculty and students in its clinics and community outreach programs.

Nearly

low-income and underinsured patients received free exams, glasses and other vision care from UAB School of Optometry faculty, staff and students in the Gift of Sight event in December 2019.

UAB's research supercomputer offers

teraflops of processing power, making it one of the five fastest at institutions in the Southeast.

UAB's Critical Care Transport team has transported more than

patients.

graduate students

postdoctoral fellows and more than

undergraduates contribute to UAB research

In 2018, Collat School of Business students saved local working families more than

dollars in commercial tax preparation fees by volunteering their time to prepare 2,700+ tax returns for free. Their work secures nearly $3.9 million for the families annually.

UAB has

faculty members elected as fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.

UAB has one of only two Level 1 ocular trauma centers in the United States.

Level 1 adult trauma center in Alabama (as designated by the American College of Surgeons).

MBA dual-degree programs offered through the Collat School of Business and other schools on campus focused on medicine, engineering and public health, including DMD/MBA, MD/MBA, and OD/MBA programs.

UAB Callahan Eye Hospital is the only specialty hospital in Alabama focusing on eye care.

UAB's new Master of Science in Healthcare Simulation program, launched in fall 2018, is one of only two in the country that does not require a specific previous degree for entry.

UAB Hospital received the 2019 Women’s Choice Award "America's Best Hospital" designations for five practice areas: breast care, heart care, cancer care, obstetrics and bariatric surgery.

growth in clinical trials expenditures over the past five years ($36.2M to $75M)

In 2016, UAB was the first Alabama university to launch a

Internet connection

With NIH funding of more than $93M to date, Michael Saag, M.D., has helped transform AIDS from a deadly virus into a manageable chronic disease, and continues to work to end the epidemic altogether.

The $48.5-million Hill Student Center includes a 276-seat theater, multiple dining options and more in 160,000+ square feet of space.

UAB students, faculty and staff represented 100+ countries in fall 2019.

UAB's campus covers 100 city blocks and is just steps away from top Birmingham attractions, including Railroad Park, Regions Field and nationally famous dining options.

UAB has one of the only Ph.D.-level medical sociology programs in the world.

Birmingham was

on Zagat's "Most Exciting Food Cities in America" list in 2017.

Engineering student Ophelia Johnson won the prestigious Marshall Scholarship in Nov. 2015. UAB produced both a Marshall and Rhodes Scholar in the space of a year.

There are

registered student organizations at UAB.

U.S. city on the Travel Channel's list of 11 "Next Great Destinations" for 2016