There are approximately 25,000 undergraduate students and 7,200 graduate students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign representing all of the United States and many foreign countries. There are currently forty graduate students in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology. In addition, approximately 350 students are enrolled in the professional curriculum. The physical facility of the college consists of a 56,500 square foot Companion Animal Hospital and Clinic, a 71,700 square foot Food Animal and Equine Hospital, and a 158,000 square foot Basic Sciences Building.
All facilities are modern and well equipped.
The newest building, the Basic Sciences Building was completed in the fall of 1982. The Department of Veterinary Pathobiology has ample space and equipment for research in many areas. The department's research laboratories are well-equipped for standard and specialized procedures in pathology, microbiology, immunology, virology, parasitology, epidemiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, and ecology. Analytical instrumentation includes liquid scintillation and gamma counters, spectrophotometers, incubators, centrifuges, high-pressure liquid chromatographs, and gel electrophoresis equipment. Tissue and organ culture laboratories, a college electron microscope facility, well-equipped histology laboratories, and complete college and departmental photographic services provide support for projects in pathology, toxonomy, and morphometrics.