The University of Alabama at Birmingham (also nationally known as UAB) is a public, coeducational university covering 83 blocks in the heart of Alabama's largest city Birmingham, Alabama, USA. The university is the newest and largest in terms of faculty, staff, and budget of Alabama's major universities. UAB ranks 26th nationally in federal research and development funding and 1st in the state of Alabama, receiving more funding than all Alabama universities combined. UAB is Alabama’s largest employer, with more than 18,000 faculty and staff at the university and in the health system, and is responsible for 52,900 full-time equivalent jobs within the university and the community. Eight percent of jobs in the Birmingham area are related to UAB.

UAB offers over 140 nationally and regionally accredited programs of study leading to bachelor's, master's, doctoral and professional degrees in various fields, including social and behavioral sciences, liberal arts, business, education, engineering, health-related fields (such as medicine, dentistry, optometry and nursing) and public health. The school is highly renowned for its medical research and natural sciences programs. UAB received over $416 million in external grants and contracts in fiscal 2007-2008. This places the school as one of the larger research institutions in the Southeast. In fact, as of 2005, UAB is 4th in the Southeast for NIH research funding behind only Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Vanderbilt University. UAB Hospital also sponsors residency programs in various medical specialties, including internal medicine, neurology, surgery, radiology, and anesthesiology. UAB Hospital is the only Level I trauma center in Alabama, as rated by the American College of Surgeons Trauma Program.

As of 2009, the University of Alabama at Birmingham is the third largest university in Alabama, with an enrollment of approximately 16,300 students from over 70 countries. The school's president is Dr. Carol Z. Garrison.

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