University of Alabama System

The University of Alabama System encompasses three wholly independent universities in Alabama, USA: the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The schools have a total undergraduate and graduate enrollment of more than 44,000, with 20,000 students on the campus in Tuscaloosa, 16,000 at UAB and 8,000 at UAH.

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Universities - Alabama - USA - University of Alabama - University of Alabama at Birmingham - University of Alabama in Huntsville - Tuscaloosa

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The system operates on public funds and received more than $400 million in government contracts and grants in 2002. Chancellor Malcolm Portera and a 15-member board of trustees oversee the system. The university presidents, as of 2004, are Robert Witt (UA), Carol Garrison (UAB) and Frank Franz (UAH).

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2002 - Malcolm Portera - Robert Witt - Carol Garrison - Frank Franz

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The University of Alabama, founded in 1831 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is the system's flagship campus. The state established a medical extension center in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1936, and the medical school eventually grew into UAB, a separate institution under the UA banner, in 1966. Likewise, an extension center established in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1950 also became a separate school in 1966.

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1831 - Medical - Birmingham, Alabama - 1936 - 1966 - Huntsville, Alabama - 1950

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The Tuscaloosa campus has garnered regional acclaim for its academic programs in business, communications and law. UAB has rapidly emerged as a major international medical research institution, and UAH has largely stayed true to its engineering roots in Huntsville, which is also known as the Rocket City.

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