As a public, land-grant university, we have the responsibility to create new knowledge and new ideas and translate these into better ways of working, living and learning for our state, nation and world.Įntrepreneurship flows from the classrooms to Research Park, a space that houses everything from Fortune 500 companies to student-founded startups. Fostering discovery and innovation is our fundamental mission. ResearchĪt Illinois, our focus on research shapes our identity, permeates our classrooms and fuels our outreach. Students have access to thousands of computer terminals in classrooms, residence halls, and campus libraries for use in classroom instruction, study, and research. Annually, 53,000,000 people visit its online catalog. The University Library is one of the largest public university collections in the world with 14 million volumes in its 20+ unit libraries. Academic ResourcesĪcademic resources on campus are among the finest in the world. The success of our faculty is matched by that of our alumni: 11 are Nobel Laureates and another 18 have won Pulitzer Prizes.
Our faculty have been awarded Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, and the Fields Medal in Mathematics.
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. FacultyĪ talented and highly respected faculty is the university’s most significant resource. Since its founding in 1867, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has earned a reputation as a world-class leader in research, teaching, and public engagement.
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