301 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville, AL 35899

The University of Alabama Huntsville is one of the research colleges in the state-funded University of Alabama system. Located in Huntsville, the University of Alabama Huntsville offers a number of degree programs in six schools: business, engineering, liberal arts, nursing, science and graduate studies. The University of Alabama Huntsville was founded in 1950 as an extension of the University of Alabama and became a separate entity within the state system in 1969.

Over 7,100 students enroll at the University of Alabama Huntsville each year. The University of Alabama Huntsville offers 59-degree programs, including 29 Bachelor's degree programs, 18 Master's degree programs and one dozen doctorate degree programs. The University of Alabama Huntsville is ranked by U.S. News and World Report among 150 of the best doctoral universities in the country. Barron's Profiles also ranked the University of Alabama Huntsville as "very competitive," the only public college in Alabama to receive such a distinction. It is also been recognized as one of America's Top College Buys for providing a quality education at a low cost.

Major interdisciplinary research in the areas of applied optics; propulsion; space plasma and aeronomics; space physics and astrophysics; earth system science; information technology; management of science and technology; microgravity and materials and automation and robotics generated approximately $50 million in external funding for research in 2005 Huntsville is the base for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the U. S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM), and the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC). The University of Alabama Huntsville is the anchor tenant in Cummings Research Park, the second largest research park in the United States and home to more than 225 high technology companies. The University of Alabama Huntsville is also home to the M. Louis Salmon Library, which houses more than 400,000 printed volumes, U.S. government documents, recordings, microfilm and microfiche. The library also has subscriptions to more than 2,700 periodicals.


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Incoming freshmen average a score of 25 on the ACT test. This is the highest average among all of the colleges in the University of Alabama system.

The University of Alabama Huntsville is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

The University of Alabama Huntsville has more than 300 full-time faculty members and more than 90 percent have terminal degrees in their fields. The student to teacher ratio at the University of Alabama Huntsville is 12 to 1.

The University of Alabama Huntsville Chargers has 16 intercollegiate sports teams including.

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