The University of Alabama’s Accelerated Master’s Program allows you to start a graduate degree while obtaining your undergraduate degree, saving time and cutting costs. Not all programs participate in the AMP. Please reference the chart to see which programs are participating and their specific requirements.
Through the AMP, you may take courses that count simultaneously toward your undergraduate and graduate degree by taking up to 12 hours of graduate courses during your senior year. Upon completion of the AMP, you may enter the job market with higher earning potential and a stronger resume.
Requirements
- Completed 90 or more undergraduate hours at start of program
- Institutional GPA of at least 3.7. Some AMPs require a higher GPA and/or an admission test score. Visit the Graduate Catalog for more information.
Costs
As an AMP student, you are still classified as an undergraduate. This means that your AMP hours cost the equivalent of undergraduate hours and under certain circumstances, your undergraduate merit scholarship can be used to assist with the cost of the AMP. AMP students are not eligible for Graduate School funding or graduate assistantships until they have been awarded an undergraduate degree.
How to Apply
To apply to the AMP, you will need to complete a University of Alabama Graduate School application. In the application, you will be able to indicate that you are a current UA student applying to the AMP.
Learn More
We recommend speaking with your undergraduate advisor as well as the graduate program director in your AMP of interest.
For general information, register for an upcoming AMP virtual information session.
Scholarship Use for Graduate School
Students who were awarded an automatic merit, UA Competitive Admissions/Achievement, or Alabama Prestige scholarship from Student Financial Aid and Scholarships, have maintained academic stewardship requirements and have remaining semesters upon graduation may request use of those semesters for Graduate School or Law School here at the University. Certain freshman program-based scholarships may also be eligible. Please contact Undergraduate Scholarships at 205-348-8201 or scholarships@ua.edu for program-based eligibility information.
Eligible students must be enrolled full-time as degree-seeking graduate or law students in main campus programs. You must enroll in graduate or law school at UA during the immediate available semester (excluding summer) after you graduate with your undergraduate degree. If a student’s residency status changes between the undergraduate and the graduate/law studies, the scholarship shall also be adjusted – that is, an out-of-state scholarship would be adjusted to the corresponding in-state award based on the criteria for the year in which the scholarship was originally awarded. The combination of any tuition-limited graduate/law financial support (fellowships/assistantships/scholarships) and an undergraduate automatic merit scholarship cannot exceed the cost of tuition. Students may request to defer undergraduate scholarships to a semester in which they are not receiving graduate/law school financial support. Students are required to remain in good scholarship standing to utilize the remaining scholarship semesters.
Interested students need to complete the Scholarship use for Graduate School request form on the Admissions & Scholarships page in myBama during the semester in which they plan to graduate. All requests for use of scholarship semester(s) will be reviewed by the scholarship committee. Submission of this form does not guarantee committee approval. Please note, you must have a current graduate/law school admissions application and an application to graduate from undergraduate studies on file to be reviewed.
Scholarship Extension for Accelerated Master’s Program (AMP) Students
Alabama residents that have been admitted to an AMP program and were awarded an automatic merit, UA Competitive Admissions/Achievement, or Alabama Prestige scholarship from Student Financial Aid and Scholarships may request a one or two-semester scholarship extension, as further support of their UA studies. Certain freshman program-based scholarships may also be eligible. Please contact Undergraduate Scholarships at 205-348-8201 or scholarships@ua.edu for program-based eligibility information.
Eligible students may apply during their eighth semester at UA and must meet the following criteria:
- Are an Alabama resident
- Have been admitted to an AMP Program
- Have earned at least 104 undergraduate credit hours
- Have previously or are currently taking at least one graduate level course
- Either have one or no remaining semesters of undergraduate merit scholarship
- Have maintained their scholarship’s academic stewardship requirements
- Are currently awarded an automatic merit scholarship, UA Competitive Admissions Scholarship or an approved program-based scholarship
- Academic Elite, Presidential Elite and National Merit Scholarship Recipients may only request an extension of their tuition scholarship. Supplemental scholarships, book scholarship, housing scholarship and all other scholarships cannot be extended.
Interested students need to complete the AMP Scholarship Extension Request Form on the Admissions & Scholarships page in myBama during their eighth semester at UA. All request for scholarship extensions will be reviewed by the scholarship committee. Submission of this form does not guarantee committee approval.
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