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About University of Alabama in Huntsville

The University of Alabama in Huntsville, also known as UAH or UAHuntsville, is a state-supported, public, coeducational university, located in Huntsville, which is a city in the US state of Alabama, located in Madison County (being its county seat), also extending west into neighboring Limestone county, having a population estimated at a number of nearly 177 000 inhabitants, during the 2008 census.

UAHuntsville was established in 1969, its history starting in 1950, with the extension of the University of Alabama, known as the University of Alabama Huntsville Center. It is one of the 3 members of the University of Alabama System, which also contains the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, all 3 universities operating independently, with only the president of each university reporting to the Board of Trustees of the system.

Since its founding, the university consistently grew, having today an enrollment of approximately 7 500 students, offering baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degrees in various fields of study through 5 colleges focused on business, engineering, liberal arts, nursing and science. The university is particularly known for its engineering and science programs, including astrophysics, atmospheric science and aerospace engineering, the nursing program remaining the single largest major on campus.

UAH’s athletic teams are known as the Alabama-Huntsville Chargers, who compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 13 varsity sports at the Division II level and one (ice hockey) in Division I. The Chargers have experienced victory in many of their sports, over the years, including in ice hockey, in which they won the NCAA Division II national championship in 1996 and 1998, in men’s cross country, in which they won their first Gulf South Conference championship and qualified to the NCAA Division II National Championship in 2007, and in women’s cross country, in which they won conference titles in 1999, 2003 and 2004, their last appearance in the national championships being in 2007.

The list of notable UAH alumni contains the following names: Jan Davis – astronaut, John S. Hendricks - founder and chairman, Discovery Communications, Jim Hudson - founder, Research Genetics, Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology, Stephen Zelnak - CEO/chairman, Martin-Marietta Materials, Patricia A. Stephens - PhD Biomedical Editor/Writer, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, and James Record - former chairman Madison County Commission and Alabama State Senator.