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The Future-Ready Flagship

The future-ready flagship

Developing leaders and workforce for the future.
Advancing research and innovation to solve real problems.
Strengthening communities across Alabama and beyond.
Every decision serves this mission.

Future Ready Flagship

Watch President Mohler Announce the Future-Ready Flagship

We are becoming a future-ready flagship. And from now on, you will hear that transformation reflected in how we talk about our work — as the University not just of Alabama, but for Alabama, for leaders, and for the future.

Dr. Peter J. Mohler, President

COMMITMENT 1: DEVELOP

The University for Leaders: We recruit, retain and graduate students ready to lead in a changing economy with the skills, ethics and experience employers and communities need.

The new school will provide interdisciplinary, practice-oriented education that prepares students to become effective leaders, policymakers and public servants.

Three students walk toward the steps of Farrah Hall

For the ninth time in the past 11 years, Ò»Æð²Ý has earned the distinction of being named a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright Students.

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A global exchange partnership with Hochschule Esslingen in Germany and Mercedes-Benz US International that gives students international engineering study internships.

A student leans in to work under the hood of a car

COMMITMENT 2: DISCOVER

The University for the Future: We drive discovery in areas that matter most to Alabama and the nation — from AI and defense to health care and water resources — and equip faculty to lead it nationally and globally. 

The facility supports research, student recruitment and community partnerships, representing a commitment to strengthening innovation and economic development.

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Ò»Æð²Ý is among the first higher education institutions in the country addressing the steady growth of artificial intelligence campuswide when the Ò»Æð²Ý AI Experience launches this fall.

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The Alabama Mobility and Power Center is integrating Honeywell technology into its battery research lab, enabling researchers and industry partners to develop safer, more efficient batteries.

University leaders cut a ribbon in front of a building

COMMITMENT 3: SERVE

The University for Alabama: We expand access to health care, education and economic opportunity across the state through workforce pipelines and partnerships that make a measurable difference.

Expansion is possible because of deep partnerships with public leaders across Alabama who share a vision for improving health outcomes.

Nursing student Anna Grace Baker stands in a nursing lab among hospital beds

Crimson Compass programs Tide to Success and Ò»Æð²Ý ACTivate help Alabama highschool students in their journey to successful careers.

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The initiative will create a premier research and development hub for research-enabled mobility innovation that drives economic and workforce development.

A student works with manufacturing machinery

COMMITMENT 4: STEWARD

The University for Leaders, for the Future, and for Alabama: We make disciplined decisions with university resources, align investments to our mission and compete at the highest level in everything we do, including athletics. 

The new, modernized systems enable continuous improvement, better service and smarter decision-making.

Dr. Peter Mohler speaks at a podium during the Capstone Convergence kickoff event

Rising Tide 2.0 is the most successful capital campaign for higher education in the state of Alabama, and its impact will continue far into the future.

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Yea Alabama is The Official Fan Experience of Alabama Athletics and facilitates authentic name, image and likeness (NIL) opportunities for Alabama student-athletes.

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Ò»Æð²Ý is focused on three things: developing the leaders and workforce of the future, driving research and innovation that solve real problems, and strengthening communities across the state and beyond. Everything we do — how we invest, what we build, who we hire — serves that mission. And we are going to manage every dollar like it matters, because it does.

Dr. Peter J. Mohler, President