This remained the official name for nearly 100 years , until it was changed to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1982 ( using the reverse of the commonly used designation for the local area , `` Champaign-Urbana '' ) , ostensibly to establish a separate identity for the campus within the University of Illinois system .
In 1982 , the name of the university was changed from the University of Illinois to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign .