University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign community of students, scholars, and alumni is changing the world.

With our land-grant heritage as a foundation, we pioneer innovative research that tackles global problems and expands the human experience. Our transformative learning experiences, in and out of the classroom, are designed to produce alumni who desire to make a significant, societal impact.

1867-Year Founded

28 Pulitzer Prizes 

47,000+Students from all 50 states and 100+ countries

Since its founding in 1867, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has earned a reputation as a world-class leader in research, teaching, and public engagement.

A talented and highly respected faculty is the university’s most significant resource. Many are recognized for exceptional scholarship with memberships in such organizations as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering.

Our faculty have been awarded Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, and the Fields Medal in Mathematics. The success of our faculty is matched by that of our alumni: 11 are Nobel Laureates and another 18 have won Pulitzer Prizes.

Academic resources on campus are among the finest in the world. The University Library is one of the largest public university collections in the world with 13 million volumes in its 37 unit libraries. Annually, 53,000,000 people visit its online catalog. Students have access to thousands of computer terminals in classrooms, residence halls, and campus libraries for use in classroom instruction, study, and research.

Each year we welcome more than 32,000 undergraduate students across our nine undergraduate divisions – offering nearly 5,000 courses in more than 150 fields of study and awarding about 7,000 new degrees each spring.

15 Colleges and Instructional Units:

• College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
• College of Applied Health Sciences
• Gies 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
• School of Information Sciences
• College of Media
• Carle Illinois College of Medicine
• School of Social Work
• College of Veterinary Medicine