• UAH is home to the Rocket City’s largest higher education institution granting bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees.
• The university is ranked as “R1 – Very high research activity” status among doctoral-granting universities in the Carnegie rankings, placing UAH among the top public universities in America. It houses 17 research centers and institutes that support the Engineering, Science, Business, and Humanities fields.
• UAH has 5 top-20 research programs as rated by the Higher Education Research and Development Survey. Fiscal Year 2021 marks the tenth year in a row UAH has had more five or more research programs ranked in the top 25 nationally for federal research funding.
• Huntsville is the largest city in the state of Alabama and UAH has a very strong relationship in the national security, space exploration, healthcare, arts, and business sectors including Redstone Arsenal, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and the FBI.
• More than 70% of UAH alumni reside in Alabama continuing to contribute to the state’s economy.
• UAH boasts 20 Fulbright U.S. Scholar faculty members.