University of Alabama

The University of Alabama (UA, informally Alabama, the Capstone or Bama) is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831.阿拉巴马大学（University of Alabama，简称 UA，俗称「基石」或 Bama）是美国阿拉巴马州塔斯卡卢萨的一所公立研究型大学，创建于 1820 年，1831 年正式开学招生。

It is the oldest and largest of Alabama's public universities and the flagship institution of the University of Alabama System, classified among R1 doctoral universities with very high research activity.它是阿拉巴马州历史最悠久、规模最大的公立大学，也是阿拉巴马大学系统的旗舰院校，被归类为科研活跃度极高的 R1 级博士型大学。

It offers programmes in 12 academic divisions leading to bachelor's, master's, education specialist and doctoral degrees, enrolled 39,623 students in fall 2023, and is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027.该校在 12 个学术单位开设本科、硕士、教育专家与博士层次的学位项目，2023 年秋季在校学生 39,623 人，并入列 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名的 1001-1200 区间。

History

• In 1818 the United States Congress authorised the newly created Alabama Territory to set aside a township for the establishment of a "seminary of learning", and a second township was added when Alabama joined the Union in 1819, giving a total land grant of 46,000 acres.1818 年美国国会授权新设的阿拉巴马领地划出一片镇区用于创办「学府」，1819 年阿拉巴马加入联邦时又追加一片镇区，使拨地总面积达 46,000 英亩。
• On 18 December 1820 the General Assembly of Alabama established the seminary as "The University of the State of Alabama" and created a board of trustees to manage its construction and operation.1820 年 12 月 18 日，阿拉巴马州议会将学府定名为「阿拉巴马州大学」并设立董事会，负责校园的建造与运营。
• William Nichols, architect of the Alabama State Capitol, was chosen to design the campus, and influenced by Thomas Jefferson's plan at the University of Virginia he laid out a wide, high-domed Rotunda that served as the library and the nucleus of the campus.曾设计阿拉巴马州议会大厦的威廉·尼科尔斯受托设计校园，他受托马斯·杰斐逊弗吉尼亚大学规划的启发，布置了一座宽阔的高穹顶圆形大厅，作为图书馆与校园核心。
• The university's charter was presented to its first president in the nave of Christ Episcopal Church, and UA opened its doors to students on 18 April 1831 with Alva Woods as president.学校的特许状在基督圣公会教堂中殿交付首任校长，阿拉巴马大学于 1831 年 4 月 18 日开学，由阿尔瓦·伍兹出任校长。
• An academy-style institution in the antebellum period, the university emphasised the classics and the social and natural sciences, and enrolled around 100 students a year during the 1830s.在南北战争前，学校是一所学院式学府，侧重古典学以及社会与自然科学，1830 年代每年约有 100 名学生就读。
• On the eve of the Civil War UA held one of the largest libraries in the country with more than 7,000 volumes, and its literary societies, including the Erosophic and Phi Beta Kappa societies, hosted lectures by figures such as Supreme Court justice John Archibald Campbell and novelist William Gilmore Simms.内战前夕，该校图书馆藏书超过 7,000 册，位居全国前列；其文学社团——包括厄罗索菲克社与斐陶斐荣誉学会——曾邀请最高法院大法官约翰·阿奇博尔德·坎贝尔与小说家威廉·吉尔摩·西姆斯等人物演讲。
• Discipline was a persistent problem, and in 1860 president Landon Garland obtained legislative approval to transform the university into a military school.校纪问题长期困扰学校，1860 年校长兰登·加兰获州议会批准，将大学改组为一所军事学校。
• Union troops burned the campus on 4 April 1865, five days before Lee's surrender at Appomattox, and only four buildings survived the burning, namely the President's Mansion of 1841, Gorgas House of 1829, the Little Round House of 1860 and the Old Observatory of 1844.1865 年 4 月 4 日，即李将军在阿波马托克斯投降前五天，联邦军队焚毁校园，仅四座建筑幸存，即 1841 年的校长宅邸、1829 年的戈尔加斯宅、1860 年的小圆屋与 1844 年的旧天文台。
• The university reopened in 1871, and in 1880 Congress granted it 40,000 acres of coal land as partial compensation for the war damage.学校于 1871 年复课，1880 年国会拨予其 40,000 英亩煤田土地，作为战争损失的部分补偿。
• Female students were first enrolled in 1892, largely through the efforts of Julia S. Tutwiler, with ten women from her Livingston school entering in the fall semester of 1893, and by 1897 women were allowed to enrol as freshmen.该校于 1892 年首次招收女生，主要归功于朱莉娅·S·图特维勒的努力，1893 年秋季学期她所在的利文斯顿学校有十名女生入学，到 1897 年女生获准以新生身份入学。
• In 1913 president George H. Denny described the university in a speech as the capstone of the public school system in the state, and that phrase became its enduring nickname The Capstone.1913 年，校长乔治·H·丹尼在一次演讲中把学校称作「本州公立学校体系的基石」，这一说法此后成为学校沿用至今的昵称「基石」。
• During the Second World War UA was one of 131 American colleges and universities that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program, which offered students a route to a Navy commission.第二次世界大战期间，该校是全美 131 所参与 V-12 海军学院训练计划的高校之一，该计划为学生提供获取海军军官委任的途径。
• UA maintained extension centres in cities including Mobile, whose extension was replaced by the University of South Alabama, which opened in 1963.该校曾在包括莫比尔在内的城市设立推广教学点，莫比尔的推广点后来被 1963 年开办的南阿拉巴马大学取代。
• Until the 1960s the university admitted only white students, and the first attempt to integrate came in 1956 when Autherine Lucy enrolled on 3 February as a graduate student in library science under a court order, only to be suspended and later expelled three days later.直到 1960 年代，该校只招收白人学生；1956 年 2 月 3 日，奥特琳·露西凭法院命令注册为图书馆学研究生，成为首次打破种族隔离的尝试，但三天后即被停学并随后开除。
• The university was finally integrated on 11 June 1963, when Vivian Malone and James Hood registered for classes after Governor George Wallace staged his "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" at Foster Auditorium and stepped aside before federal marshals.1963 年 6 月 11 日，维维安·马隆与詹姆斯·胡德在乔治·华莱士州长于福斯特礼堂上演「校门对峙」、最终在联邦法警面前让开后得以注册，学校由此完成种族融合。
• Hood dropped out after two months but returned and received his doctorate in 1997, while Malone became the first African American to graduate from the university and was granted an honorary doctorate in 2000.胡德两个月后退学，但后来重返并于 1997 年取得博士学位；马隆则成为该校首位非裔美国毕业生，并于 2000 年获授荣誉博士学位。
• Autherine Lucy's expulsion was rescinded in 1980 and she re-enrolled and earned a master's degree in 1992, and in 2010 the university renamed the plaza before Foster Auditorium as Malone-Hood Plaza and erected the Autherine Lucy Clock Tower there.奥特琳·露西的开除处分于 1980 年被撤销，她重新入学并于 1992 年取得硕士学位；2010 年，校方将福斯特礼堂前的广场命名为马隆—胡德广场，并在广场上竖起奥特琳·露西钟楼。
• Archie Wade became the first African American faculty member of the university in 1970 when he was hired by the College of Education, and he retired from the university in 2000.阿奇·韦德于 1970 年被教育学院聘为教师，成为该校首位非裔美国教员，并任教至 2000 年退休。
• The New College was founded in 1971 as an experimental unit for highly individualised interdisciplinary study, and it was merged into the College of Arts and Sciences in 1996.新学院创办于 1971 年，最初是探索高度个性化跨学科教学与科研的试验单位，1996 年并入文理学院。
• On 27 April 2011 Tuscaloosa was struck by an EF4 tornado that killed six students living off campus, and although the campus grounds were undamaged the university cancelled the rest of the spring semester and postponed graduation.2011 年 4 月 27 日，塔斯卡卢萨遭遇 EF4 级龙卷风，六名校外居住的学生遇难，校园设施虽未受损，学校仍取消春季学期余下课程并推迟毕业典礼。
• In 2010 the university added 168 acres to its campus by purchasing the land formerly belonging to Bryce Hospital, and in 2026 it began construction of the Smith Family Center for Performing Arts.2010 年，该校购入原属布莱斯医院的土地，使校园增加 168 英亩；2026 年，学校动工兴建史密斯家族表演艺术中心。

Academics

• The university is organised into 12 academic divisions and offers bachelor's, master's, education specialist and doctoral degrees, with the College of Arts and Sciences the largest, holding about 7,900 undergraduates and 1,100 graduate students.学校下设 12 个学术单位，开设学士、硕士、教育专家与博士学位，其中文理学院规模最大，有约 7,900 名本科生与 1,100 名研究生。
• Eight divisions grant undergraduate degrees, including Arts and Sciences, Business, Communication and Information Sciences, Education, Engineering, Human Environmental Sciences, Nursing and Social Work, while graduate degrees are awarded through the Graduate School.八个单位可授予本科学位，包括文理、商学、传播与信息科学、教育、工程、人类环境科学、护理与社会工作，研究生学位则由研究生院统一授予。
• The only publicly supported law school in Alabama is at UA, offering JD and LL.M. programmes, while the Capstone College of Nursing and the College of Community Health Sciences train health professionals, the latter running a family medicine residency.阿拉巴马州唯一由公共财政支持的法学院设在该校，提供法律博士与法学硕士项目；基石护理学院与社区卫生科学学院培养卫生专业人才，后者还开设家庭医学住院医师项目。
• Ten of the twelve academic units offer degree programmes across a combined 117 areas of study, and UA conferred 9,105 degrees in the 2023-24 academic year, including 6,604 bachelor's, 1,192 master's and 300 doctoral degrees.12 个学术单位中有 10 个在共计 117 个学科领域开设学位项目；2023 至 2024 学年该校授予 9,105 个学位，其中学士 6,604 个、硕士 1,192 个、博士 300 个。
• In fall 2023 the university employed 7,472 people, including 2,117 instructional staff, 2,631 professional staff and more than 2,600 clerical, technical and service staff.2023 年秋季，该校雇员达 7,472 人，其中教学人员 2,117 人、专业人员 2,631 人，以及 2,600 余名文书、技术与服务人员。
• In fall 2021 Alabama received 42,421 first-time freshman applications, accepted 33,472 of them for an acceptance rate of 78.9%, and enrolled 7,593 freshmen, a yield rate of 22.7%, with a freshman retention rate of 88.6%.2021 年秋季，该校收到 42,421 份新生申请，录取 33,472 人、录取率 78.9%，实际入学新生 7,593 人、报到率 22.7%，新生留校率为 88.6%。
• The university sponsors the National Merit Scholarship Program as a college sponsor, awarding 189 Merit Scholarship awards in 2020, and 223 freshmen were National Merit Scholars in 2020-2021.学校作为高校赞助方参与全国优秀学生奖学金计划，2020 年颁出 189 项奖学金，2020 至 2021 学年新生中有 223 名全国优秀学生学者。
• UA began offering engineering classes in 1837 and was one of the first universities in the nation to award an engineering degree, and its College of Engineering enrolled more students than any other in Alabama as of 2016.该校自 1837 年起开设工程课程，是全国最早授予工程学位的大学之一；截至 2016 年，其工程学院的在校生规模居阿拉巴马州各工程专业之首。
• The university's libraries hold 2.9 million document volumes, of which 2.5 million are held by the University Libraries system across six separate libraries, supplemented by nearly 100,000 uncatalogued government documents.全校图书馆藏有 290 万册文献，其中 250 万册由六座分馆组成的大学图书馆系统收藏，另有近 10 万件尚未编目的政府文献。
• In academic year 2014-2015 UA received 76 million US dollars in research contracts and grants, and the US Department of Homeland Security designated it a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education and Research.2014 至 2015 学年，该校获得 7,600 万美元科研合同与资助，并被美国国土安全部认定为信息保障教育与研究的国家级学术卓越中心。
• The Culverhouse College of Business and the College of Arts and Sciences jointly offer programmes in economics and health care management, while materials science is taught with the other universities of the UA system.卡尔弗豪斯商学院与文理学院联合开设经济学与医疗管理项目，材料科学则由该校与阿拉巴马大学系统内其他成员高校联合开设。
• The University of Alabama System's endowment was valued at 2.588 billion US dollars in 2025, and UA's own share of the system endowment exceeded 1 billion dollars by March 2022.阿拉巴马大学系统的捐赠基金在 2025 年估值 25.88 亿美元，而截至 2022 年 3 月，该校在系统基金中所占份额已超过 10 亿美元。
• UA is a large, primarily residential, four-year university accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, with a comprehensive doctoral graduate programme spanning the liberal arts, health sciences and STEM fields.该校是一所规模庞大、以住宿为主、颁发四年制学位的大学，获南方院校协会认证，其综合性博士生项目涵盖人文学科、健康科学与理工领域。
• Undergraduate admissions became test-optional with the fall 2021 entering class, and of the 63% of enrolled freshmen in 2021 who submitted ACT scores the middle 50 percent composite score was between 21 and 31.自 2021 年秋季入学班起，本科招生实行考试可选政策；2021 年入学新生中有 63% 提交了 ACT 成绩，其中间 50% 的综合分数区间为 21 至 31 分。
• The university is one of 126 members of the Association of Research Libraries, and in 2011 it ranked 56th among them on the association's compiled criteria, up from a ranking of 97th in 2003.该校是研究图书馆协会 126 个成员之一，2011 年在该协会综合指标排名中位列第 56 位，较 2003 年的第 97 位明显上升。
• UA medical students are trained in association with the University of Alabama School of Medicine, from which they receive their degrees, complementing the family medicine residency run by the College of Community Health Sciences.该校医学生在阿拉巴马大学医学院的协作下接受培养并取得学位，这与社区卫生科学学院开设的家庭医学住院医师项目相互补充。

Campus

• The main campus lies in the heart of Tuscaloosa along University Boulevard, the old road between Tuscaloosa and Huntsville, and now comprises 297 buildings, having grown from just seven buildings in the 1830s.主校区位于塔斯卡卢萨市中心、沿大学大道展开，这条大道是昔日塔斯卡卢萨与亨茨维尔之间的干道，校园建筑已从 1830 年代的七座增至如今的 297 座。
• The historic centre of campus is the Quad, fronted by Denny Chimes and flanked by the President's Mansion of 1841 and the Gorgas-Manly Historic District, a landscaped open space at the academic core.校园的历史核心是「方庭」(the Quad)，前方立有丹尼钟琴，两侧是 1841 年的校长宅邸与戈尔加斯—曼利历史街区，是学术核心区的一片绿地。
• The Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library, which sits on the Main Quad, is the oldest and largest of the university libraries, opened in 1939 and expanded by a seven-storey addition in the 1970s.位于主方庭的阿米莉亚·盖尔·戈尔加斯图书馆是校图书馆系统中历史最久、规模最大的一座，1939 年启用，1970 年代增建了一座七层附楼。
• Museums on campus include the Alabama Museum of Natural History at Smith Hall, which displays the Sylacauga meteorite, and the Paul W. Bryant Museum, which houses memorabilia of UA athletics and coach Paul "Bear" Bryant.校园博物馆包括史密斯厅内的阿拉巴马自然历史博物馆——展出锡拉科加陨石，以及保罗·W·布莱恩特博物馆，收藏该校体育史与「大熊」布莱恩特教练的纪念物。
• Foster Auditorium is a National Historic Landmark, and other landmarks include the President's Mansion, Denny Chimes, the Gorgas-Manly Historic District and the Maxwell Observatory.福斯特礼堂是国家级历史地标，其他地标还包括校长宅邸、丹尼钟琴、戈尔加斯—曼利历史街区以及麦克斯韦天文台。
• The university maintains the University of Alabama Arboretum in eastern Tuscaloosa and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab on Dauphin Island off the Alabama Gulf Coast.学校在塔斯卡卢萨东部维护阿拉巴马大学植物园，并在阿拉巴马湾岸外多芬岛运营多芬岛海洋实验室。
• In 2010 the university expanded its campus by 168 acres with land formerly belonging to Bryce Hospital, and it has since planned further acquisitions to accommodate enrolment growth.2010 年，学校购入原属布莱斯医院的土地，使校园增加 168 英亩，此后又规划进一步购地以适应招生规模的增长。
• In 2011 the Sustainable Endowments Institute gave the university a College Sustainability Report Card grade of "B+", and in 2026 it began building the Smith Family Center for Performing Arts.2011 年，可持续捐赠研究所给予该校大学可持续性报告卡「B+」评级；2026 年学校动工兴建史密斯家族表演艺术中心。

Reputation

• The University of Alabama is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, a tied interval within the global table.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，阿拉巴马大学位列 1001-1200 区间，是该全球榜单中的一个并列区间。
• It stood in the 801-1000 band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027.该校在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位列 801-1000 区间。
• It was ranked 673rd in the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 list.该校在 US News 2026-2027 年度全球最佳大学排名中位列第 673 位。
• It did not enter the main table of the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。
• In the 2023 U.S. News national rankings UA was tied for 170th among national universities and tied for 91st among top public schools, with the law school tied for 35th, the business school tied for 55th and the engineering school tied for 99th.在 2023 年 US News 全美排名中，该校列全国性大学并列第 170 位、公立院校并列第 91 位，其法学院并列第 35 位、商学院并列第 55 位、工程学院并列第 99 位。
• Research indexed by OpenAlex records 87,098 works and 6,103,783 citations for the university, spanning medicine, engineering, communications and the social sciences.OpenAlex 收录该校 87,098 篇研究成果与 6,103,783 次引用，覆盖医学、工程、传播与社会科学领域。
• Its graduates include 15 Rhodes Scholars, 59 Goldwater Scholars and 16 Truman Scholars, and as of fall 2025 the university had produced 45 Hollings Scholars, 21 Boren Scholars and 69 Goldwater Scholars among current students and recent cohorts.该校毕业生中有 15 位罗德学者、59 位戈德华特学者与 16 位杜鲁门学者；截至 2025 年秋季，学校在在校生与近期毕业生中还培养出 45 位霍林斯学者、21 位博伦学者与 69 位戈德华特学者。
• In August 2020 the Department of Advertising and Public Relations was named the Most Outstanding Education Program at the PRWeek Awards, its first selection as the top programme after nine finalist nominations.2020 年 8 月，该校广告与公共关系系在 PRWeek 大奖中获评年度最佳教育项目，此前该系曾九次入围提名，此次首次夺得头名。
• In 2016 Business Insider ranked the university's law school as the third-best public law school in the nation, and UA is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.2016 年《商业内幕》将该校法学院评为全美第三佳公立法学院，该校亦获南方院校协会认证。

Student life

• In fall 2023 the university enrolled a record 39,623 students, including 3,184 freshmen from Alabama representing every county in the state, with Alabama residents making up 41.7% of undergraduates and out-of-state residents 58.3%.2023 年秋季，在校学生达创纪录的 39,623 人，其中来自阿拉巴马州各县的本州新生 3,184 人，本州居民占本科生的 41.7%，州外居民占 58.3%。
• Nearly 30% of students live on campus, including more than 90% of first-year freshmen, who are required to live in university housing unless they qualify for an exemption.约 30% 的学生住在校内，其中一年级新生逾九成在校住宿——除非符合豁免条件，新生须住校。
• UA has one of the largest Greek systems in the nation with more than 12,000 active students, and in 2023 29% of male undergraduates were in fraternities and 44% of female undergraduates in sororities.该校拥有全美规模最大的希腊字母社团体系之一，活跃成员超过 12,000 人；2023 年，29% 的男本科生加入兄弟会、44% 的女本科生加入姐妹会。
• Greek-letter organisations first appeared in 1847 when two men visiting from Yale University installed a chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon, and among the earliest fraternities were Alpha Delta Phi in 1850 and Sigma Alpha Epsilon in 1856.希腊字母社团最早出现于 1847 年，两名来自耶鲁大学的访客在校内建立了 Delta Kappa Epsilon 分会；最早的兄弟会还包括 1850 年的 Alpha Delta Phi 与 1856 年的 Sigma Alpha Epsilon。
• The Student Government Association, founded in 1914, is governed by its own constitution and has been influenced by a secretive coalition of fraternities and sororities known as "The Machine", which led the university to disband the SGA in 1993 until it was restored in 1996.创立于 1914 年的学生自治会拥有自己的章程，长期受到一个由兄弟会与姐妹会组成的秘密联盟「机器」（The Machine）的影响，该联盟的影响曾导致学校于 1993 年解散学生自治会，直至 1996 年才恢复。
• The Crimson White, the student newspaper, publishes online continuously and in print twice a week, and it won a Mark of Excellence Award in 2011 and a Gold Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.学生报纸《深红白》持续在线发布、每周印刷出版两期，曾于 2011 年获卓越标志奖，并获哥伦比亚学术新闻协会颁发的金冠奖。
• The athletics teams are known as the Alabama Crimson Tide, a nickname originating from a 1907 football game against Auburn University, and the programme has won 30 SEC titles and 18 national championships.该校运动队名为「阿拉巴马深红潮」，这一绰号源于 1907 年对阵奥本大学的一场橄榄球赛；球队共获得 30 次东南联盟冠军与 18 次全国冠军。
• Bryant-Denny Stadium, opened in 1929 and named after coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and president George Denny, now has an official capacity of 101,821, while the Coleman Coliseum seats 14,619.布莱恩特—丹尼体育场于 1929 年启用，以「大熊」布莱恩特教练与校长乔治·丹尼命名，现有官方容量 101,821 个座位；科尔曼体育馆则可容纳 14,619 人。
• The fight song "Yea Alabama" was written in 1926 by Lundy Sykes, then editor of the campus newspaper, following Alabama's first Rose Bowl victory, and the alma mater is set to the tune of Annie Lisle.校歌《Yea Alabama》由时任校刊编辑伦迪·赛克斯于 1926 年在该校首夺玫瑰碗冠军后谱写，母校颂歌则沿用《安妮·莱尔》的曲调。

Notable people

• Alva Woods served as the university's first president from 1831, presenting its charter and leading the new institution when it opened to students.阿尔瓦·伍兹自 1831 年起担任该校首任校长，交付特许状并领导了这所新生的院校迎来首批学生。
• Landon Garland, president from 1855 to 1861, militarised the university in 1860 and later served as president of the University of Mississippi.兰登·加兰于 1855 至 1861 年任校长，1860 年将学校军事化，其后出任密西西比大学校长。
• Julia S. Tutwiler, an educator and reformer, campaigned successfully for the admission of women, who first enrolled at the university in 1892.教育家与改革者朱莉娅·S·图特维勒成功推动招收女生，该校于 1892 年首次录取女学生。
• Autherine Lucy was the first African American student to enrol, in 1956, Vivian Malone became the first African American graduate, and James Hood later earned his doctorate in 1997.奥特琳·露西于 1956 年成为该校首位非裔美国学生，维维安·马隆成为首位非裔美国毕业生，詹姆斯·胡德则于 1997 年取得博士学位。
• Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, studied at the university and won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.《杀死一只知更鸟》的作者哈珀·李曾在该校就读，并于 1961 年获得普利策小说奖。
• Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, graduated from the University of Alabama, where he earned bachelor's and master's degrees.维基百科联合创始人吉米·威尔士毕业于阿拉巴马大学，在校取得学士与硕士学位。
• Hugo Black, an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971, was an alumnus of the university's law school.雨果·布莱克于 1937 至 1971 年任美国最高法院大法官，是该校法学院的校友。
• George Wallace, a four-time governor of Alabama who staged the 1963 "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", was a UA graduate and later apologised for his opposition to integration.四度出任阿拉巴马州州长的乔治·华莱士是该校校友，他 1963 年上演「校门对峙」，晚年为其反对种族融合的立场道歉。
• Jeff Sessions, a UA law graduate, served as a United States Senator and as Attorney General of the United States from 2017 to 2018.该校法学院毕业生杰夫·塞申斯曾任美国联邦参议员，并于 2017 至 2018 年出任美国司法部长。
• Richard Shelby, a graduate of the university and its law school, served as a United States Senator for Alabama for six terms.该校及其法学院的毕业生理查德·谢尔比连续六届担任阿拉巴马州的美国联邦参议员。
• Paul "Bear" Bryant, head football coach from 1958 to 1982, compiled a record of 232-46-9 and led the Crimson Tide to six national titles.足球主教练「大熊」保罗·布莱恩特于 1958 至 1982 年执教，取得 232 胜 46 负 9 平的战绩，并率「深红潮」六夺全国冠军。
• Joe Namath, a UA quarterback, was named Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl III, while Justin Thomas, an alumnus, became a PGA Tour golfer and major champion.该校四分卫乔·纳马斯曾获第三届超级碗最有价值球员，校友贾斯汀·托马斯则成为 PGA 巡回赛球员与大满贯冠军。
• E. O. Wilson earned his bachelor of science in 1949 and his master of science in 1950 at the university, and he won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1979 for On Human Nature and again in 1991 for The Ants.爱德华·O·威尔逊（E. O. Wilson）于 1949 年在该校取得理学学士学位、1950 年取得理学硕士学位，并两度获得普利策非虚构作品奖——1979 年凭《论人的本性》、1991 年凭《蚂蚁》。