The University of Alabama at Birmingham, also known as UAB, is a state-owned entity headquartered in the US. Founded in 1969, it employs approximately 16,930 individuals. Functioning as a prominent public research university, it is located in Birmingham, Alabama. The institution operates as an autonomous campus within the three-institution University of Alabama System and holds an "R1" classification for very high research activity from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.