The University of Alabama

The University of Alabama is the flagship public research university of Alabama, founded in 1831 in Tuscaloosa. It is a comprehensive state university; the original campus was burned in 1865 during the Civil War and rebuilt afterward. The grounds cover more than 1,000 acres along the Black Warrior River in west-central Alabama.

Instruction is organized in colleges and schools including Arts and Sciences, Engineering, the Culverhouse College of Business, Communication and Information Sciences, Education, Nursing, Social Work, and the School of Law. Graduate research is active in engineering, business, education, communication, and the sciences, with institutes in transportation, water, and materials.

Enrollment is about 38,000 students, including several thousand graduate and professional students. The international share is modest compared with coastal research universities but includes students from many countries. Alumni include writer Harper Lee, biologist E. O. Wilson, and athlete Joe Namath.

Graduate study includes master's degrees, the JD, and the PhD, combining coursework with a thesis or dissertation on a semester calendar. Doctoral students are commonly supported by assistantships. Graduate life is campus-centered in Tuscaloosa, a mid-sized city about an hour from Birmingham.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, The University of Alabama lists 3 graduate programs across 3 subjects: 1 master's program and 2 doctoral programs, with the widest choice in communication, media & journalism, earth & environmental sciences and psychology.