University of Illinois System
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

UIUC
illinois.edu
BIG TEN CONFERENCE
LEADER IN CAMPUS ACCESSIBILITY

52K STUDENTS in more than 250 programs

14M LIBRARY VOLUMES, one of largest public university collections in the world

3.2M ONLINE LEARNERS in massive open online courses

Home to KRANNERT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Top 10
in NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AWARDS each year
Illinois also tops lists for Department of Energy, Department of Defense Awards and USDA Expenditures.

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9out of10
GRADUATES SECURE A FIRST DESTINATION (job, additional degree program or volunteer role) WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF GRADUATION.

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INNOVATION TRANSFER
& START-UP

THE RESEARCH PARK AT ILLINOIS HAS PARTNERSHIPS WITH MORE THAN 120 COMPANIES AND INCLUDES 70+ STARTUPS.

Research Park companies include ADM®, Abbott Laboratories, AbbVie, AGCO®, Ameren, Bayer, BP, Brunswick, Capital One®, Caterpillar®, CME Group, CortevaTM AgriSciences, Deere & Company, Grainger®, Graybar®, Littelfuse®, NIVDIA®, Forcepoint (a subsidiary of Raytheon) Riverbed, State Farm®, SynchronyTM, Syngenta®, and Yahoo (Verizon Media Group).

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AFFORDABILITY

Illinois values accessibility and affordability for its residents. ILLINOIS COMMITMENT, a program launched in Fall 2018, provides FREE TUITION AND CAMPUS FEES for accepted in-state students with a family income of $67,100 or less.

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Breakthroughs

Illinois is a pioneer of numerous innovations and societal breakthroughs, including the field of Special Education, the MRI, the visible-light LED, Graphical Web Browsers, PayPal, YouTube, sound on film, and more.

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