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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
601 East John Street
Champaign, IL 61820


Fax number: (217) 244-7278
Website: https://illinois.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 94%
Student:Faculty ratio: 21:1
Total faculty: 1211 men, 725 women
Full-time faculty: 1207 men, 723 women
Part-time faculty: 4 men, 2 women
Graduation rate: 85% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, honors program, internships, distance learning, external degree program
Cooperative programs are offered: yes
Combined 3-2 programs available:
Institution offers 3-2 degree programs.
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered on-campus
Navy ROTC: offered on-campus
Air Force ROTC: offered on-campus

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Accounting and Business/Management
  • Actuarial Science
  • Advertising
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • African-American/Black Studies
  • Agricultural and Extension Education Services
  • Agricultural Business and Management, General
  • Agricultural Communication/Journalism
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agricultural Mechanization, General
  • Agricultural Public Services, Other
  • Agricultural Teacher Education
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Animal Sciences, Other
  • Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production
  • Anthropology, General
  • Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General
  • Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Architecture and Related Services, Other
  • Area Studies, Other
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Art Teacher Education
  • Asian-American Studies
  • Astronomy
  • Athletic Training/Trainer
  • Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General
  • Audiology/Audiologist
  • Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
  • Auditing
  • Aviation/Airway Management and Operations
  • Banking and Financial Support Services
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biophysics
  • Biotechnology
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Broadcast Journalism
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other
  • Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Commerce, General
  • Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
  • Ceramic Sciences and Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry Teacher Education
  • Chemistry, General
  • Child Development
  • City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Cognitive Science, General
  • Communication, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Community Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computational Mathematics
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Programming/Programmer, General
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Software Engineering
  • Construction Engineering
  • Consumer Economics
  • Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry
  • Dance, General
  • Dietetics/Dietitian
  • Directing and Theatrical Production
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • East Asian Studies
  • Ecology
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Economics, General
  • Economics, Other
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs
  • Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Engineering Physics/Applied Physics
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • English/Language Arts Teacher Education
  • Entomology
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Environmental Health
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
  • Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, General
  • Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, Other
  • Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services, Other
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Farm/Farm and Ranch Management
  • Fashion Merchandising
  • Film/Cinema/Media Studies
  • Finance, General
  • Financial Planning and Services
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Food Science
  • Food Science and Technology, Other
  • Food Technology and Processing
  • Foreign Language Teacher Education
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Forest Sciences and Biology
  • Forestry, General
  • French Language and Literature
  • French Language Teacher Education
  • General Studies
  • Geographic Information Science and Cartography
  • Geography
  • Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • German Language and Literature
  • German Language Teacher Education
  • German Studies
  • Graphic Design
  • Health Services Administration
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Hebrew Language and Literature
  • Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
  • History Teacher Education
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Hospitality Administration/Management, General
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Nutrition
  • Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Humanities/Humanistic Studies
  • Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Industrial and Product Design
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information Science/Studies
  • Insurance
  • Intermedia/Multimedia
  • International Agriculture
  • International/Globalization Studies
  • Italian Language and Literature
  • Jazz/Jazz Studies
  • Journalism
  • Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
  • Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Latin American Studies
  • Latin Teacher Education
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
  • Management Information Systems, General
  • Management Science
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Marketing Research
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Mass Communication/Media Studies
  • Materials Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Mathematics and Computer Science
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metallurgical Engineering
  • Microbiology, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Music History, Literature, and Theory
  • Music Performance, General
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Music Theory and Composition
  • Music, General
  • Music, Other
  • Musicology and Ethnomusicology
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Resources Conservation and Research, Other
  • Natural Resources/Conservation, General
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Operations Management and Supervision
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Behavior Studies
  • Organizational Communication, General
  • Ornamental Horticulture
  • Painting
  • Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Photography
  • Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics Teacher Education
  • Physics, General
  • Physiology, General
  • Plant Molecular Biology
  • Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Polymer/Plastics Engineering
  • Portuguese Language and Literature
  • Pre-Engineering
  • Pre-Law Studies
  • Pre-Veterinary Studies
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health, Other
  • Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management
  • Real Estate
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Research and Experimental Psychology, Other
  • Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager
  • Rhetoric and Composition
  • Russian Language and Literature
  • Russian Studies
  • Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
  • Sculpture
  • Secondary Education and Teaching
  • Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Social Science Teacher Education
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Studies Teacher Education
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Spanish Language Teacher Education
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Sport and Fitness Administration/Management
  • Statistics, General
  • Statistics, Other
  • Structural Engineering
  • Sustainability Studies
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Science and Theory
  • Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
  • Technical Teacher Education
  • Theatre Literature, History and Criticism
  • Urban Forestry
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor
  • Voice and Opera
  • Water Resources Engineering
  • Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management
  • Women's Studies
  • Writing, General
Diplomas

  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Psychology
  • Information Science/Studies
  • Music, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Doctorates

  • Accounting
  • Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Art Teacher Education
  • Astronomy
  • Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General
  • Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biomedical Sciences, General
  • Biophysics
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Physics
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Communication, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Community Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Community Organization and Advocacy
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Science
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • East Asian Studies
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Educational Psychology
  • Educational Statistics and Research Methods
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Entomology
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Financial Mathematics
  • Food Science
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • French Language and Literature
  • Geography
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • German Language and Literature
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Human Services, General
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information Science/Studies
  • Italian Language and Literature
  • Labor and Industrial Relations
  • Law
  • Legal Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medicine
  • Microbiology, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Music, General
  • Musicology and Ethnomusicology
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Neuroscience
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Physiology, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Portuguese Language and Literature
  • Psychology, Other
  • Research and Experimental Psychology, Other
  • Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Statistics, General
  • Sustainability Studies
  • Systems Engineering
  • Technical Teacher Education
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology
  • Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Master's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Actuarial Science
  • Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General
  • Advertising
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • African Studies
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agricultural Teacher Education
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Animal Health
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Area Studies, Other
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Art Teacher Education
  • Astronomy
  • Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General
  • Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology Teacher Education
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biomedical Sciences, General
  • Biophysics
  • Biotechnology
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry Teacher Education
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Communication, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Community Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Community Organization and Advocacy
  • Comparative Literature
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Science
  • Creative Writing
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Dance, General
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Earth Science Teacher Education
  • East Asian Studies
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Educational Psychology
  • Educational Statistics and Research Methods
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Engineering Mechanics
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • Engineering/Industrial Management
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Entomology
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
  • Epidemiology
  • European Studies/Civilization
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Financial Mathematics
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General
  • Food Science
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • French Language and Literature
  • Geographic Information Science and Cartography
  • Geography
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • German Language and Literature
  • Health Communication
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management
  • Human Services, General
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information Science/Studies
  • Italian Language and Literature
  • Journalism
  • Labor and Industrial Relations
  • Language Interpretation and Translation
  • Latin American Studies
  • Latin Teacher Education
  • Legal Professions and Studies, Other
  • Legal Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Microbiology, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Music, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician
  • Operations Research
  • Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics Teacher Education
  • Physics, General
  • Physiology, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Portuguese Language and Literature
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Health, General
  • Rehabilitation Science
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Research and Experimental Psychology, Other
  • Russian Studies
  • Secondary Education and Teaching
  • Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
  • Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Studies Teacher Education
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Statistics, General
  • Sustainability Studies
  • Systems Engineering
  • Taxation
  • Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
  • Technical Teacher Education
  • Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology
  • Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • True
 
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