University of Alabama, Huntsville

According to the school, the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is an autonomous campus of The University of Alabama System dedicated to excellence in teaching, research, and service. UAH is the anchor tenant in Cummings Research Park, a major international center for advanced technological research with more than 285 high technology and research companies with more than 25,000 employees. The university utilizes its position in this environment to provide unique opportunities and creative programs for students, faculty, and the community. The campus and surrounding community conduct research in support of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the DIA Missile and Space Intelligence Center, the Army Materiel Command, and Logistics Support Activity. The university's research division operates several research centers that provide faculty and students outstanding research opportunities in major university thrust areas. These centers include the Aerophysics Research Center, the Center for Applied Optics, the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, the Center for the Management of Science and Technology, the Center for Modeling, Simulation and Analysis, the Earth System Science Center, the Information Technology Center, the Office of Technology and Commercialization, the Propulsion Research Center, the Research Institute, the Rotocraft Systems Engineering and Simulation Center, the Systems Management and Production Center, and the Humanities Center. In 2011 the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching named UAH is a Very High Research Activity university, placing it among an elite group of only 73 public universities in the country. The university offers programs in the liberal arts and sciences, nursing, business and engineering. Total enrollment is approximately 7,400 with about 20% in graduate programs concentrated mostly in engineering and the physical sciences. Research contract expenditures totaled over $62 million in FY 2013. The university is committed to maintaining a diverse academic community of the highest quality, and to providing an environment that facilitates intellectual, cultural, personal, and professional growth. UAH fosters leadership, creative and critical thinking, clear communication, a respect for knowledge and the pursuit of truth, and an engagement in the challenge and pleasure of a lifetime of learning. UAH, through its graduates and its programs, contributes to economic advancement, health care, cultural enrichment, and the quality of life of the region, state, and nation.