University of Alabama at Birmingham Top Questions

Describe your favorite campus traditions.

Maria

UAB is best known for its hospitals and medical program. Its Birmingham's biggest employer with its hospitals . There hospitals are some of the best in country, and if you want to go into medicine this is a awesome school to go to.

Kimberly

Research

Carrie

UAB is best known for its medical school programs and their difficulty like the nursing program.

Krystn

Diversity. The student body of UAB is comprised of people from all walks of life.

Kody

I'm not sure if it really is that well known. The Medical school is one of the top twenty in the nation. That's why I chose to come to this school. We do have a pretty good basketball team, but they play in Conferance USA so even that isn't too impressive.

Lindsey

UAB is best known as a medical research university and medical center. It has numerous medical related fields of study such as nursing, health sciences, nuclear medicine, respiratory therapy and medicine and dentistry. UAB has also played a key role in the economic revival of Birmingham. UAB is currently the state?s largest employer. It has more than 18,000 faculty and staff and over 53,000 jobs at the university and in the health system. Almost 10{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the jobs in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area are related to UAB.

Denise

medical school

Catherine

Mostly for the great medical school. Most students who go here want to become nurses or doctors. That's what we're known for and there are los of hospitals around for everyone to do their clinicals and have plenty of prospective jobs.

Camille

My school is well known for being diverse and unique. The faculty, as well as students, are a wide span of cultures. UAB has an amazing campus with many opportunities attainable. My school is also famed for being a medical school. We devote time to helping people, such as researching cures for various types of cancer. The campus is small, which means it is never difficult to find your way to class. If you are late, it takes just a few minutes to get to class!

LaTasha

It's school of medicine and medical advancements.