University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Established in 1867, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a world leader in research, teaching and public engagement and is distinguished by broad academic excellence. Faculty conduct world-class interdisciplinary research: creating knowledge, addressing critical societal needs through the transfer and application of knowledge and preparing students for lives of impact.

The Urbana campus has tremendous breadth and depth in academics, offering its 41,000 students more than 150 undergraduate and more than 100 graduate and professional programs. A wide range of extracurricular opportunities — from hundreds of student organizations and extensive intramural recreation facilities to museums and Big Ten sports — strengthen their educational experience and prepare them to be leaders in a global society.

The outstanding faculty and leading-edge research contribute to many of the campus' academic programs being ranked among the best in the world. This emphasis on campus-wide academic excellence has solidified Illinois' reputation as one of the nation's premier public universities.

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a meeting place for great scholars, great ideas and great accomplishments across a broad range of disciplines.