Mail Services is the mail processing center for UAB. The function of mail services is to process all incoming, outgoing, bulk and inter-campus mail, in a timely and responsible way and in accordance with the rules and regulations set forth by the United Postal Service and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Here are a few tips to help make sure that your mail is delivered in a timely manner.
- To ensure that your incoming U.S. Postal Service mail reaches you as quickly as possible, have senders use the following format:
FIRST LINE: University of Alabama at Birmingham [you may also abbreviate as UAB]
SECOND LINE: Adminstration Building 110 [you may use official UAB building abbreviations: AB 110]
THIRD LINE: Attn: John Doe
FOURTH LINE: 1720 2nd Avenue South
FIFTH LINE: Birmingham, AL 35294 - Use the correct name for the addressee.Though this does not happen often, delays can occur if your mail is addressed to a name that does not match the “official” name in UAB’s ACT database. (This is the name on your paycheck.) For example, if a package is addressed to “Brian Williams” instead of “Thomas Williams.” Look up your official name in the Campus Directory here.
- Incoming mail uses incorrect building abbreviations. The directory also includes a list of official building code abbreviations for each UAB building. Be sure that senders use the correct abbreviation.
Hours of operation: 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM - Monday through Friday (closed 11-12 for lunch daily).
Please remember we are closed on official UAB holidays.
Post Office
The retail portion of the UAB Post Office is permanently closed.
UAB Employees can still drop off:
- Outgoing mail with an oracle account number attached
- Outgoing mail pre-stamped
- Express mail
- Registered mail
- Insured mail
- Certified mail
- Foreign forms (customs)
To contact us, call 934-4595 or email us at postoffice@uab.edu.
To place an order, download and complete the order form below, then e-mail it to the Post Office postoffice@uab.edu.
Post Office Internal Order Form