Back جامعة إلينوي في إربانا-شامبين Arabic جامعة ايلينوى فى اوربانا-شامبين ARZ Urbana-Şampeyn İllinoys Universiteti Azerbaijani ایلینوی بیلیم‌یوردو، اربانا-شمپین AZB Ілінойскі ўніверсітэт ва Урбане і Шампейне Byelorussian Университет на Илинойс в Ърбана-Шампейн Bulgarian ইউনিভার্সিটি অব ইলিনয় অ্যাট আর্বানা-শ্যাম্পেইন Bengali/Bangla Universitat d'Illinois a Urbana-Champaign Catalan زانکۆی ئیلینۆی لە ئێربانا–شەمپەین CKB Univerzita Illinois v Urbana Champaign Czech

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Former names
Illinois Industrial University (1867–1885)
University of Illinois (1885–1982)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1982–2021)[1]
Motto"Learning & Labor"
TypePublic land-grant research university
Established1867 (1867)
Parent institution
University of Illinois System
AccreditationHLC
Academic affiliations
Endowment$3.38 billion (2023)
(system-wide)[2]
Budget$7.7 billion (2023) (system-wide)[3]
ChancellorRobert J. Jones[4]
PresidentTimothy L. Killeen[5]
ProvostJohn Coleman[6]
Academic staff
2,548
Administrative staff
7,842[7]
Students59,238 (2024)[8]
Undergraduates37,140 (2024)[8]
Postgraduates20,765 (2024)[8]
Location
Urbana-Champaign
,
Illinois
,
United States
CampusSmall city[10], 6,370 acres (2,578 ha)[9]
NewspaperThe Daily Illini
ColorsOrange and blue[11]
   
NicknameFighting Illini
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division I FBS – Big Ten
Websiteillinois.edu Edit this at Wikidata

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois)[12][13] is a public land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United States. Established in 1867, it is the flagship institution of the University of Illinois system. With over 59,000 students, the University of Illinois is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the United States.

The university contains 16 schools and colleges[14] and offers more than 150 undergraduate and over 100 graduate programs of study. The university holds 651 buildings on 6,370 acres (2,578 ha)[9] and its annual operating budget in 2016 was over $2 billion.[15] The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign also operates a Research Park home to innovation centers for over 90 start-up companies and multinational corporations.[16]

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[17] In fiscal year 2019, research expenditures at Illinois totaled $652 million.[18][16] The campus library system possesses the fourth-largest university library in the United States by holdings.[19] The university also hosts the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.[20]

Illinois athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Fighting Illini. They are members of the Big Ten Conference and have won the second-most conference titles. Illinois Fighting Illini football won the Rose Bowl Game in 1947, 1952, 1964 and a total of five national championships. Illinois athletes have won 29 medals in Olympic events. The alumni, faculty members, or researchers of the university include 30 Nobel laureates, 27 Pulitzer Prize winners, two Fields medalists, and two Turing Award winners.

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  2. ^ As of June 30, 2023. "U.S. and Canadian 2023 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2023 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY22 to FY23, and FY23 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student" (XLSX). National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). February 15, 2024. Archived from the original on May 23, 2024. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
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  4. ^ "Meet the Chancellor". Illinois.edu. Archived from the original on September 27, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  5. ^ "Staff & Office Locations". uillinois.edu. University of Illinois System. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
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  11. ^ "University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Visual Identity: Color". Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  12. ^ "Our name". Office of Strategic Marketing and Branding, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  13. ^ "Campus Administrative Manual – Urbana–Champaign Campus Designation". marketing.illinois.edu. University of Illinois Office of the Chancellor. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  14. ^ "Academics". illinois.edu. University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. Archived from the original on March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
  15. ^ "PROSPECTUS FOR THE POSITION OF CHANCELLOR, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and VICE PRESIDENT, University of Illinois" (PDF). illinois.edu. University of Illinois President's Office. Spring 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 30, 2018. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  16. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference research.illinois.edu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  17. ^ "Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup". carnegieclassifications.iu.edu. Center for Postsecondary Education. Archived from the original on July 26, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
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  19. ^ Mian, Anam; Roebuck, Gary (2020). ARL Statistics 2020. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries. Archived from the original on February 3, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  20. ^ "The National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign". ncsa.illinois.edu. Archived from the original on December 24, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
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