The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts has a fantastic program every year, from the University Opera Program to the impressive Marquee series, which has featured among others Wynton Marsalis, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Itzhak Perlman. Or if the fine arts aren't your taste, the local music scene boasts multiple venues from small smokey clubs to the University Assembly Hall for huge touring acts. If the big city is more your taste, Champaign-Urbana is located centrally to Chicago, St. Louis, and Indianapolis. The bottom line is that no one goes to the University of Illinois for the scenery. But the combination of an academic program of this quality, the resources only a large research university can offer, and a surprisingly diverse night life are more than enough to make anyone happy here.
International students have concerns beyond that of our local colleagues.
The university has established an extremely useful web site at the Office of International Student Affairs that can provide a wealth of information for both incoming and current international graduate students. We highly recommend reading this page if you have any questions regarding international student status. If you have a specific question for a graduate student to address, just send us an email . No problem, drop them a line directly from their faculty page, or send a message to Prof. Stewart Berlocher or Prof. Susan Fahrbach , the current heads of the Graduate Student Administration Committee.