Imagine studying physics with Galileo, math with Sir Isaac Newton or philosophy with Socrates. Those would be opportunities too good to let pass by. Why? Because those scholars worked at the frontiers of human knowledge. How about learning chemistry from a scientist whose experiments regularly fly aboard the space shuttle? Or art from a professor whose sculpture has been featured in prominent galleries? Or business from professors who are merging management and technology? Or engineering from scientists who are perfecting a holographic TV? Those also would be opportunities too good to let pass by. They are ideal opportunities for students at UAH, one of the top research universities in the nation. UAH removes barriers between teaching and research. UAH professors take their research into the classroom. (At UAH less than 2 percent of classes are taught by graduate teaching assistants.) And UAH brings students into its world-class, cutting-edge research labs.

UAH undergrads are involved in research projects in all departments, from building experiments for suborbital rockets to establishing a Columbus lecture series, developing a special lens or exploring medical uses for plants in tropic jungles. Learning doesn't stop at the classroom door, so UAH students are building a satellite, helping high-tech industry solve real-life management and marketing problems, and working with patients in some of the most modern medical facilities in the region.

Through cooperative education or part-time employment arranged through the university, hundreds of UAH students are able to offset the expense of their education and get hands-on work experience in companies and govemment agencies engaged in space exploration, technical writing, electronics, computer hardware and software, finance, and much, much more. UAH is large enough to offer a broad choice of study options, but small enough to retain its sense of each student as an individual. UAH has more than 8,200 students and more than 300 full-time faculty members. Academic standards are high. Students are enthusiastic about becoming the best in their chosen fields. And unique opportunities beyond the classroom abound.