Part of a three campus educational system, the University of Alabama at Birmingham's primary focus is on the future of education, research, health care, and community service. With a campus that spans more than 80 city blocks, students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are immersed in a culturally rich and academically stimulating environment.

A world-renowned research university and health care center, the University of Alabama at Birmingham offers nearly 140 undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs in anything from accounting and business administration to dentistry and forensic science. Of course, the university is best known for its education and health sciences programs as well as its phenomenal research opportunities.

Students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham also have the option of taking classes online. Through the University of Alabama System Telecampus, students can choose to take online or distance learning classes at any time during their studies or pursue degrees entirely online in a handful of disciplines, such as nursing and health related professions.