About UWA

The University of West Alabama is a comprehensive regionally accredited state university offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs, serving residential, commuting and now online students.

UWA shares the broad purpose of all institutions of higher learning for the discovery, preservation, and transmission of knowledge through teaching, research, and public service. More importantly, UWA is earnestly committed to ensuring that all students receive full value for their investment of personal and family resources in obtaining a top quality university education. This claim is supported by a tradition, dating back to 1835, of providing high quality that is generally associated with private colleges and universities at the lower cost of a state-assisted public institution of higher education. Every effort is made to keep students in the forefront and center of the thoughts and actions of the entire university community. As a result, students are known by name and are actively involved in the educational experience both inside and outside of traditional classes.