Graduate Programs
We offer over 85 doctoral, master’s and educational specialist programs designed to help you obtain a rewarding career aligning with your professional goals.
Office of Professional Studies and Experiential Learning (OPSEL)
OPSEL hosts the Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies MA and MS degree programs (IGS) as well as numerous opportunities for professional, leadership, and career development experiences.
Accelerated Learning Opportunities
Curious about participating Early Acceptance programs and their requirements? Are you a UAB undergraduate interested in pursuing an Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's or Fast-Track program? Explore your options:
Discoveries in the Making
Our monthly series provides a platform for our graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to share their newest knowledge and discoveries in a way that is more digestable for the public through a happy hour at Ghost Train Brewing Co.
Graduate School News

Congratulations to the Summer 2022 Graduates
The Summer 2022 UAB Doctoral Hooding Ceremony and Master's Student Commencement was held August 12 at the Bartow Arena. During the summer, more than 1,100 students earned graduate degrees, including 141 doctoral degrees. The Graduate School would like to congratulate all of the Summer 2022 graduates!

In Remembrance: Ricardo Tapilatu
The environment and conservation recently lost a major warrior. University of Alabama at Birmingham alumnus Ricardo Tapilatu (Ph.D., 2014, Department of Biology) tragically passed in Indonesia during a scuba expedition with students while trying to preserve some of the most pristine coral reefs in the world.

Announcing 2022 Say it in 6 winners
The UAB campus community was challenged to tell us a story with only 6 words and a visual aid during UAB Graduate School's sixth annual Say It In 6 competition. Participants submitted an image and six words depicting any story they wanted to tell — about their life, their experiences, things they love or have learned. And the submissions were amazing!

UAB Will Celebrate Graduate Student Appreciation Week April 4-8
The UAB Graduate School and the Graduate Student Government are very excited to announce this year's schedule of activities for Graduate Student Appreciation Week, which is April 4-8.
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