University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Location
Champaign, IL
Student Size
52,679
College Type
Public University|Research
About Our College
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, or colloquially the University of Illinois or UIUC)[12][13] is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the University of Illinois system and was founded in 1867. Enrolling over 56,000 undergraduate and graduate students, the University of Illinois is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the nation.