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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Urbana, United States
46th in World University Rankings 2025
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Basic information and contact details for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, founded in 1867, is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois. 

It is the second oldest public university in the state of Illinois, after Illinois State University, and is made up of 17 colleges offering about 150 different study programmes.  The institution is spread out over some 647 building set on a 4,500 acre campus. 

The university is one of the original 37 public land-grant institutions that were founded when Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act in 1862. 

The libraries at the university hold one of the biggest collections of any public library in the US, with some 13 million volumes across nearly 40 library sites. 

Some 11 graduates of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign have gone on to win Nobel Prizes, with 18 winning Pulitzer Prizes. 

The university’s Krannert Center for the Performing Arts  has four theatres, which seat 4,000 people and host about 350 performances by both students and professional acts every year. Its Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion contain nearly 10,000 works of art, while the Spurlock Museum has 46,00 artefacts from around the world. 

The largest collection of John Philip Sousa music manuscripts is housed at the university’s Sousa Archives Center for American Music. 

There are 23 halls of residence at the university – enough to accommodate more than 8,500 students. 

The university takes its name from the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana, which have a combined population of 207,000 and are located about 180 miles north of St Louis and 140 miles south of Chicago.

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Key Student Statistics

A breakdown of student statistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

gender ratio
Student gender ratio
51 F : 49 M (1)
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International student percentage
25% (1)
student per staff
Students per staff
19.7 (1)
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Student total
50655 (1)

Based on data collected for the (1) World University Rankings 2025

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Subjects Taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

See below for a range of subjects taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Life Sciences75th

  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Sport Science
  • Veterinary Science
  • Biological Sciences

Law101–125th

  • Law

Education26th

  • Education

Arts and Humanities101–125th

  • Languages, Literature and Linguistics
  • History, Philosophy and Theology
  • Archaeology
  • Art, Performing Art and Design
  • Architecture

Business and Economics61st

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Business and Management
  • Accounting and Finance

Computer Science19th

  • Computer Science

Engineering24th

  • General Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Social Sciences56th

  • Sociology
  • Politics and International Studies
  • Geography
  • Communication and Media Studies

Psychology35th

  • Psychology

Physical Sciences38th

  • Chemistry
  • Geology, Environmental, Earth and Marine Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Mathematics and Statistics