On This Day In Alabama History: University Of Alabama Was Created

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff

The University of Alabama was established on Dec. 18, 1820, through an act of the Alabama Legislature. Tuscaloosa was chosen as the site for the new university on Dec. 29, 1827. The state purchased land for the campus outside the city limits of Tuscaloosa the next spring, and the school opened three years later in April 1831, with four faculty members and 94 students. Today, the school in Tuscaloosa is considered the flagship campus of the University of Alabama System, which also includes the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). It offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in more than 200 fields of study, and consistently is listed among the nation’s top public universities. The school is one of the state’s two largest universities.

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