The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a public research university and academic medical center known for its innovative and interdisciplinary approach to education. UAB offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees in Arts & Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering, Health Professions, Nursing, and Public Health, with first-professional schools in Dentistry, Medicine, and Optometry. The university has grown to be the states largest single employer, with more than 24,200 faculty and staff and over 53,000 jobs at the university and in the health system. UAB is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and offers 140 programs of study in 12 academic divisions leading to bachelors, masters, doctoral, and professional degrees in various fields such as liberal arts, humanities, mathematics, social, behavioral, natural and physical sciences, business, education, engineering, and health-related fields such as medicine, dentistry, optometry, nursing, and public health. The university has a total undergraduate enrollment of 13,032 (fall 2022), its setting is urban, and the campus size is 437 acres.