• Consistently ranks among the top 10 metro, state business schools by U. S. News & World Report
• The UAB MBA program is recognized by The Princeton Review in its 2009 edition of "Best 296 Business Schools" as one of the best in the nation
• The newly created UAB Center for Sales Leadership is the second of its kind in the southeast to offer training beyond the classroom to business professionals from a range of companies throughout the region
• Through the newly created UAB Professional Sales Certificate program students receive exceptional sales training that enhances their career possibilities
• UAB accounting graduates have achieved the highest scores in the state on the CPA exam nine out of the last eleven years and have earned first-time pass rates on the CPA exam that are 25% higher than the national average
• The UAB program in forensic accounting and IT auditing has gained national acclaim for excellence – CSI Birmingham
• The UAB accounting program was among the first 17 accounting programs to receive accreditation by AACSB the very first year the association began evaluating accounting programs in 1982
• Our school’s finance program launched the Green and Gold Fund – a student managed portfolio - with assets of more than $400,000
• The industrial distribution (ID) program, a joint business and engineering degree program, is one of only two programs of its kind in a 17-state area from Virginia to New Mexico
• Our Business Analysis Laboratory enables students and faculty from the colleges of Business and Engineering to work together in cross-functional teams to help companies solve real business problems
• The Medical Equipment & Supplies Distribution program uniquely blends pre-medicine, health profession, and business education
• The business school has international initiatives in China, Europe, and India that offer study abroad opportunities
• Accreditation by AACSB was achieved in 1973 in record time of just two years – never accomplished before or since by any business school in the world