University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Illinois has tremendous breadth and depth in academics, with more than 150 undergraduate and more than 100 graduate and professional programs. A preeminent faculty propels many academic programs to be ranked among the best in the world. This emphasis on campuswide academic excellence has built Illinois’ reputation as one of the nation’s premier public universities.

The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (U of I, UIUC, or simply Illinois) is a public research university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious campus in the University of Illinois system. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is the second oldest public university in the state, second to Illinois State University.

The university comprises 17 colleges that offer more than 150 programs of study. Additionally, the university operates an extension that serves 2.7 million registrants per year around the state of Illinois and beyond. The campus holds 286 buildings on 1,468 acres (6 km²) in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana, and has an annual budget of nearly $1.5 billion.

The undergraduate program was ranked 47th among national universities and 15th among public universities by U.S. News & World Report in their 2011 rankings. The College of Engineering is ranked fifth at the graduate level, after Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and University of California-Berkeley with many of its programs ranked within the top three in the nation. According to the 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ranked 25th out of the more than 1000 international institutions recognized. It is also home to some of the highest-ranked Computer Science, Civil Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Library and Information Science, Accounting, and Psychology programs in the United States.

A series of investigative reports by the Chicago Tribune noted that between 2005 and 2009 university trustees, president, chancellor, and other administrators pressured admissions officials into admitting under-qualified but politically well-connected applicants into the university. Although University officials initially denied,then downplayed the existence of a “clout list”, the university later announced it would form a panel of internal and external representatives to review the past admissions process and determine possible changes.

Courses Offered

• Undergraduate Programs
• Graduate Programs

Schools and Colleges

• College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences
• College of Applied Health Sciences
• Institute of Aviation
• College of Business
• College of Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Fine and Applied Arts
• Graduate College
• School of Labor and Employment Relations
• College of Law
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Graduate School of Library and Information Science
• College of Media
• College of Medicine at Urbana–Champaign
• School of Social Work
• College of Veterinary Medicine

Contact Details
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
202 Coble Hall
801 South Wright Street
Champaign, IL 61820
217-333-0035
Official Website: http://illinois.edu/