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University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

Address:
601 E. John Street

Champaign, IL 61820-5711

Website: http://www.uiuc.edu
Email: [email protected]

General Information

Type: Public institution
Year Founded: 1867
Religious Affilation: None
Academic Calendar: Semester
Size of Undergraduate Student Body: 30,909
Geographical Setting: Urban
Endowment: $823,150,077

Admissions

Application Fee: $40
Application Deadline: January 2
Selectivity: More selective

Expenses

Tuition and Fees: $8,716 in-state, 22,802 out-of-state
Room/Board: $7,716

Student Services

Basic Services Offered: nonremedial tutoring, women’s center, placement service, day care, health service, health insurance, other
Remedial Services Offered: reading, math, writing, study skills
Counseling Services Offered: minority student, career, military, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, other

Careers

Career Services Offered: co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other

Students That Enter the Job Market…

Within 6 Months of Graduation: 73%
Within 1 Year of Graduation: 83%
Within 2 Years of Graduation: 89%
Firms that Hire Most Graduates: Caterpillar Inc., U.S. Armed Forces, Deloitte and Touche, Teach for America, Accenture, Hewitt & Associates, Motorola, Cerner Corporation, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Microsoft, Cargill, KPMG LLP, Abbott Laboratories, BP Amoco, Citigroup, Ernst & Young LLP, Gen

Library

Does the school have a library on campus? – Yes
Is it a member of a library consortia? – Yes
Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents: 10,015,321
Number of current serial subscriptions: 89,444
Number of microforms: 9,201,301
Number of audiovisuals: 169,894
Number of ebooks: 8,430
Other library facilities: Academic Outreach Library, Africana, Afro-Americana, Funk Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies, Advanced Information Technologies Laboratory, Applied Life Studies, Architecture & Art, Archives Research Center, Asian, Biology, Center for Children’s Books, Chemistry, City Planning/Landscape Architecture, Classics, Commerce, Communications, Education & Social Sciences, Engineering, English, Fire Service Institute, Geological Survey Library, Geology, Government Documents, Health Sciences, History & Philosophy, Illinois Historical Survey, Illinois Newspaper Project, Illinois Researcher Information Service, Kolp-Proust Archive for Research, Labor & Industrial Relations, Latin American & Caribbean Library, Law, Library & Information Science, Lincoln Room, Main Library, Map & Geography, Mathematics, Modern Languages & Linguistics, Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, Music, Natural History Survey Library, Newspaper, Physics/Astronomy, Psychology, Rare Book Room & Special Collections, Reading Rooms, Resource Centers & Residence Halls, Reference, Slavic & East European, Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, Undergraduate, University Archives, University High School, Veterinary Medicine, Waste Management & Research Center Library, Water Survey Library, Women & Gender Resources Library

Museums or other Special Academic Buildings on Campus: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology (cultivates leading-edge, interdisciplinary research of the highest quality. Research at the Institute is focused around three scientific and technologically relevant research initiatives: Biological Intelligence; Human-Computer Intelligent Interaction; and Molecular and Electronic Nanostructures), National Center for Supercomputing Applications (develops, deploys, and supports cyberinfrastructure), Siebel Computer Science Center, William R. & Clarice V. Spurlock Museum (46,000 world history and cultural artifacts), Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (The Department of Theatre is virtually unique among American universities in the quality and scope of its instructional resources, its technologically advanced production facilities, and the professional expertise of its faculty, resident production staff, and visiting artists. Most classes, rehearsals, workshops, and productions are housed in the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, one of the finest and most active theatre complexes in the nation. Krannert Center attracts dozens of internationally renowned artists each year, and Department of Theatre students regularly work with them on productions and workshops.), Krannert Art Museum (8,000 works of Art), John Phillip Sousa Museum (74% of existing Sousa materials), Rare Book Room & Special Collections (The Rare Book & Manuscript Library has grown to over 300,000 books and over 7,130 linear feet of manuscripts. Particular strengths lie in early printing and the Elizabethan and Stuart periods in England, with works by Shakespeare, various important editions of the Bible, and renaissance school books standing out as distinctive and deep collections. The Library is renowned for its outstanding collections of incunabula and emblem books. Also noteworthy are the collections in the history of science and technology, Mark Twain and his age, the history of economics, and natural history. Also housed here are papers of such notable figures as Benjamin Disraeli, Anthony Trollope, William Allingham, Marcel Proust, John Richardson, Carl Sandburg, H.G. Wells, William Maxwell, Shana Alexander, and W.S. Merwin), Allerton Park & Conference Center (Robert Henry Allerton donated his private estate,”The Farms” to the University of Illinois in 1946. The property which is located just outside of Monticello, Illinois consists of 1,500 acres of formal gardens, nature areas, and his manor house. In keeping with Robert Allerton’s original concept, the estate is used as a conservation area devoted to education, research, and recreation. Today, more than 100,000 people – including researchers, teachers, and students as well as the general public – visit the park or attend conferences at the Conference Center each year.), Japan House and Arboretum (offer a serene and peaceful atmosphere where students and all other visitors savor the serenity in the midst of their busy lives).

Technology

Is a computer course required? – No
Is a computer required? – No
Number of available computers for all students: 4,500
Available internet access? – Yes
Available email accounts? – Yes
Computers available in: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center

Number of available wired connections available in…

The Library (not including computer labs): 260
Classrooms: 1,514
Labs: 4,500
Other areas: 17,466

Is there a wireless network? – Yes
Where is wireless available? – in some of the libraries (excluding computer labs), in some classrooms, in computer labs, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing
Wireless simultaneous connection capacity: 9,000

Recommended operating system: Microsoft
Percentage of hosting units owned by college for internet access: 100%
Are students permitted to have webpages? – Yes
Is there online registration? – Yes

Safety

Campus Safety Services Offered: 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life Overview

Percentage of undergrads that live in college-owned housing: 52%
Percentage of Male Undergrads Living in Fraternities: 20%
Percentage of Female Undergrads Living in Sororities: 22%
Percentage of students on campus on weekends: 75%

College Housing

Does the school offer students housing? – Yes
Percentage of students living in college-owned housing: 52%
Housing available for all unmarried students? – Yes
If on-campus housing is unavailable, does school provide assistance? – Yes
Available types of campus housing: coed dorms (46%), women’s dorms (6%), men’s dorms (1%), sorority housing (8%), fraternity housing (17%), apartments for married students (6%), apartment for single students (0%), special housing for disabled students (1%), special housing for international students (0%), other housing options (14%)

Percentage of college-owned housing units that are…

Singles: 4%
Doubles: 53%
Triples or Suites: 3%
Apartments: 0%
Other: 40%

Number of college-owned housing buildings: 109

Percentage of college-owned housing units that have…

A sprinkler system: 33%
Fire alarms: 100%
Wired high-speed internet access: 100%

Campus Size: 1,454 acres

Transportation (distances in miles)

Nearest airport(s): Chicago, IL (150), Champaign/Urbana, IL (5)
Nearest train station: Champaign, IL (1)
Nearest bus station: Champaign, IL (1)
Does public transportation serve campus? – Yes
Are all students allowed to have cars on campus? – Yes
Percentage of students with cars on campus: 75%

Student Employment

Is there school employment? – Yes
Percent of undergraduates that worked on campus in 2005-2006: – 24%
Average undergraduate wage: 1,007
Are freshmen discouraged from working their first term? – No

Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)

Army ROTC: Offered on campus
Navy ROTC Offered on campus
Air Force ROTC: Offered on campus

Rules and Regulations

Is legal alcohol permitted on campus? – Yes
Other policies: class attendance policies set by individual instructors, hazing prohibited

Campus

Most popular events: New students are welcomed to campus with a Convocation ceremony, picnic, and carnival; Illinois’ homecoming tradition is one of the oldest and best in the nation; The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts hosts world renowned performers in music, dance and theater; the Assembly Hall features rock concerts, Broadway shows, Big Ten basketball, and more; new and exciting musicians test their talents at venues through out the campus community; and each year, the campus welcomes some of the brightest minds and entertaining groups in the nation and world to share ideas with the student body. In the past year or two, the University has hosted guests such as Spike Lee, Bill Gates, Ice Tea, Jesse Ventura, Morgan Spurlock, Barack Obama, Patch Adams, Anderson Cooper, and David Copperfield to name just a few.

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