School University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign - Urbana - IL

Información

Illinois is …

A world leader in research , teaching and public engagement
Distinguished by the breadth of our programs , broad academic excellence , and internationally renowned faculty

Our prominent alumni are …

Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners
Outstanding athletes, including Olympic medalists
astronauts and scientists
leaders of international corporations

History
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.

Location
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.

17 Colleges and Instructional units

College of Agricultural, 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
College of Law
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
College of Media
Division of General Studies
College of Veterinary Medicine
Graduate College
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign
School of Labor and Employment Relations
School of Social Work

Academic Resources Library Collections

11,000,000+ Volumes - Marking the largest public university library in the U.S.
1,000,000+ Visitors to the online catalog every week.

Campus Research

$501,279,000 Spending on research and development in science and engineering in 2008

Computing

72,000 Computer connections on the campus network
239+ Buildings and 98% of all classrooms with wireless access
Six-year $21,000,000 network upgrade to be completed in 2010
10 gigabits-per-second redundant connections to major research networks and over 6 petabytes of storage space

Facilities

316 Main campus buildings, 2.3 square miles (1,468 acres)
705 Total buildings, 7.7 square miles (4,938 acres)

Programs and Services for People with Disabilities

#1 Rated as one of the most "disability friendly" U.S. campuses
First to provide students with disabilities access to all university services, curricula, and facilities; developed first architectural accessibility standards; designed & instituted a wheelchair-accessible bus system; first to offer comprehensive wheelchair sports programming
Developed the first transitional living program for students with physical disabilities needing personal assistant support services.Students with physical disabilities who require personal assistant support services have an 87 percent graduation rate; nearly 60 percent obtain employment within a year of graduation, while another 32 percent enroll in graduate or professional schools