Globally, the University of Illinois has been ranked No. 37 and No. 45 domestically. The University has been recognized as no. 16 in engineering and technology. With 43,302 enrolled students,
The Altgeld Chimes are a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign institution. Now you can learn more about this beloved campus icon through a new video that captures an oral history of the
Two little girls stand side by side in a virtually empty room, gleefully gyrating their arms. The room is “virtually” empty because the girls have a companion of sorts, a
Its beginnings were modest. When Illinois Industrial University opened its doors on March 2, 1868, the campus—if one could call it that—occupied a muddy pasture in the prairie town of
You knew a freshman when you saw one. A sophomore and a junior, too. Long before the University of Illinois selected orange and blue as its official colors in 1894,
The University of Illinois’ history is reflected in our nation’s history. Founded in 1867 as Illinois Industrial University, it traces its origins back before statehood. In 1787, Congress passed the
The University of Illinois’ Sesquicentennial Timeline
Illinois will be the first University with a top-ranked Accountancy program to offer students the opportunity to pursue a Master of Science degree in Accounting from the comfort of their
The graduate engineering program at Illinois ranked 9th in the Best Graduate Schools issue of U.S. News and World Report (published in March 2017). There are 21 ranked graduate engineering
Andrew Singer, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Illinois, has been appointed interim director of the Siebel Center for Design. Until an inaugural director has been selected, Singer
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