UAB School of Health Professions

What UAB School of Health Professions does

UAB School of Health Professions is one of 12 schools and colleges within the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), a public research university and academic medical center established in 1969 and governed by the University of Alabama System. The school delivers undergraduate and graduate degree programs, certificates, and professional education across health-related disciplines, serving prospective and current students, faculty and staff, researchers, and patients who access care through affiliated UAB Medicine, UAB Dentistry, and UAB Optometry clinics.

The school's products consist of educational programs delivered through both traditional on-campus and online modalities, supported by an integrated research-to-clinical platform that enables laboratory discoveries to translate into bedside care. Underlying infrastructure includes institutional HR systems (Oracle, Taleo, Freshdesk), learning management (Canvas), student information systems (BlazerNet), and compliance frameworks spanning HIPAA, FERPA, COPPA, and GDPR. The school is embedded within a broader ecosystem that includes the Heersink School of Medicine, UAB Hospital (fifth-largest in the nation), UAB Callahan Eye, VIVA Health, and the Collat School of Business.

The business model is that of a public state university: revenue is generated through a mix of state appropriations, tuition and fees, research grants and contracts (UAB-wide FY24 research expenditures totaled $866M), and clinical revenue from UAB Medicine's hospital and outpatient operations. UAB overall reports a $12.1B annual economic impact and is Alabama's largest employer. Pricing is not publicly disclosed at the school level and is administered centrally through UAB Cost & Aid. Customer segments span future students, current students, faculty/staff, researchers, and patients, with no disclosed enterprise customer concentration.

Name

UAB School of Health Professions

Legal name

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Website

https://uab.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

UAB School of Health Professions is one of 12 schools within the University of Alabama at Birmingham, delivering health professions degree and certificate programs to students while operating within a major academic medical center that serves patients, researchers, and faculty across Alabama and beyond.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education - Health Professions

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Subject-Specific Short Courses & Academies (e.g., STEM, Business, Arts) (EDAIAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Service & Emotional Support Animal (ESA) Accommodations Management (EDALAGAK)

Keywords

• Health professions education
• Graduate degree programs
• Clinical research training
• Healthcare workforce development
• Academic health sciences

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

UAB School of Health Professions is one of UAB's 12 schools and colleges, delivering undergraduate and graduate degree programs, certificates, and professional education across health-related disciplines. It supports academic health professions education and research, with offerings delivered through traditional and online modalities.

Product overview

UAB School of Health Professions is a college within the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), a major public research university. As an academic health professions school, its offerings consist of undergraduate and graduate degree programs, certificates, and professional education across various health-related disciplines. The institution's primary 'products' are educational programs delivered through traditional and online modalities. The source data reviewed pertains primarily to UAB's central institutional infrastructure (HR, admissions, student services, administrative systems) rather than specific School of Health Professions product pages, curriculum, or program listings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• School of Health Professions: One of UAB's 12 schools and colleges, focused on health professions education and research

Products and services

• Health Professions Degree and Certificate Programs Undergraduate and graduate degree programs, certificates, and professional education across health-related disciplines, delivered through traditional and online modalities to prospective and current students.
• Online Degree and Certificate Programs Online degree and certificate offerings enabling remote/global access to UAB academic programs.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services (ADRS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership through AWARE Program providing disability-management services including vocational evaluations, rehabilitation counseling, ADA reasonable accommodations, and on-site workplace assessments.
• Habitat for HumanityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBenevolent Fund partnered with Habitat for Humanity on 7 home builds for UAB employees as part of community engagement initiatives.
• UAB Callahan EyecoreOthersBenevolent Fund represents and supports employees from across UAB enterprise including UAB Callahan Eye, UA Health Services Foundation, UAB Hospital and VIVA Health.
• VIVA HealthcoreOthersBenevolent Fund represents and supports employees from across UAB enterprise including VIVA Health as part of the healthcare network.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• University of Florida College of Public Health & Health Professions: College of Public Health and Health Professions at a top public R1 university, with a comparable scale of degree programs, research funding, and clinical partnerships.
• UT Southwestern School of Health Professions: Health professions school at UT Southwestern, an academic medical center with one of the largest US hospitals; structurally very similar to UAB's health-professions footprint.
• Rush University College of Health Sciences: Health sciences college embedded in an academic medical center (Rush University Medical Center) with comparable degree offerings in health sciences, perfusion, respiratory care, and clinical nutrition.
• Indiana University School of Health and Human Sciences: Health and human sciences school at a major public R1 university, with shared urban academic-medical-center context and similar program mix in allied health professions.
• University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Health and rehabilitation sciences school within a top public R1 university, with overlapping programs in physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, and health informatics.
• University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee College of Health Professions: College of Health Professions at a public R1 university with similar programs in occupational therapy, kinesiology, communication sciences, and biomedical sciences.
• Thomas Jefferson University College of Health Professions: College of Health Professions within a major academic medical institution, offering similar mix of allied health, rehabilitation, and clinical professional programs, with strong hospital-based clinical training.
• MGH Institute of Health Professions: Standalone health professions school affiliated with Mass General Brigham, offering graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, and communication sciences — directly comparable in mission and programmatic mix to UAB School of Health Professions.
• Rosalind Franklin University College of Health Professions: Health professions college offering interprofessional education across physical therapy, physician assistant, psychology, and other clinical programs; comparable in size and program breadth.

Broad incumbents

• Emory University School of Medicine: Broader health-sciences institution (school of medicine) that competes with UAB for top-tier health-professions talent and research funding, with overlapping clinical and academic-medical-center positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance6 records

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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