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University of Illinois - USA

University of Illinois - USA

Welcome to University of Illinois - USA

About University of Illinois


1867: The year the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign began.

Chartered as the Illinois Industrial University, the University opened for business in 1868. Renamed the University of Illinois in 1885, it is one of the original 37 public land-grant institutions created after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act in 1862.The University is in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana (total population 180,000) in east-central Illinois. Situated about 140 miles south of Chicago, 125 miles west of Indianapolis, and 180 miles northeast of St. Louis.

School and College

College of Engineering:The College of Engineering at University of Illinois is among the world's most prestigious and largest engineering institutions, with undergraduate and graduate programs rated among the top five nationally. Nearly 6,000 undergraduates and more than 2,500 graduate students are divided within 12 specialized departments. The breadth and scope of research activities are enormous--more than $198 million funding more than 1,900 projects by some 650 researchers and thousands of graduate and undergraduate students.

# Aerospace Engineering
# Agricultural and Biological Engineering
# Bioengineering
# Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
# Civil and Environmental Engineering
# Computer Science
# Electrical and Computer Engineering
# Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering
# Materials Science and Engineering
# Mechanical Science and Engineering
# Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering

College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign:The UIC College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign is located at the original campus of the University (with 35,000 students, undergraduate and graduate) and offers a complete four-year medical education program leading to an MD degree. The first-year basic medical science program at Urbana-Champaign also serves those students who will complete their last three years of medical school at Peoria or Rockford.

College of Veterinary Medicine:The University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine is generating solutions for a healthier world in the 21st century. Through our professional and graduate degree programs we supply veterinary scientists who work to improve human, animal, and environmental health. Through our outreach programs we touch the lives of thousands of animals and their owners and help safeguard public health. Through our research expertise and facilities, we are making significant contributions to science and facilitating the translation of discoveries in the theoretical sciences into biomedical applications that benefit human and animal health.

College of Business:
In the College of Business at Illinois, a passion for excellence drives how we learn, teach, research and engage in the business world. Accountancy, business, and finance curricula integrate with innovative methods and ideas to nurture leadership potential. Our faculty, students and alumni comprise an incomparable network of brilliant people setting the highest standards for leadership in the global economy.