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

Mahoney-Crane, Stamp receive top Graduate School Honor
Casey Mahoney-Crane and Banks Stamp are the recipients of the 2023 UAB Samuel B. Barker Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies.

UAB celebrates Grad Student Appreciation Week April 3-7
The UAB Graduate School, Black Graduate Student Association, Graduate Biomedical Student Outreach and Graduate Student Government have combined forces to offer a week of fun and exciting activities for this year's Graduate Student Appreciation Week, which is April 3-7.

Wang Awarded AHA Predoctoral Fellowship
Meimei Wang, a Graduate Biomedical Sciences (GBS) Ph.D. candidate in the lab of Dr. Yang Zhou, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded a two-year predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association. The award runs through the end of 2024 to support Wang’s study, “The function of ELMSAN1 in direct cardiac reprogramming.”

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!
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