University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign (UIUC) is a university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the oldest and largest campus in the University of Illinois system.

The university has 18 Colleges that offer more than 150 programs of study. It is a selective state schools in the United States. Many of its popular undergraduate and graduate programs are ranked high in the US.

 History 
The university was established in 1867. It opened for classes on March 2, 1868 with only two faculty members and a small group of students. In 1982, the name of the university was changed from the University of Illinois to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

 Colleges and schools 
The university has the following colleges and schools:
 College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences 
 College of Applied Health Sciences 
 Institute of Aviation 
 College of Business 
 College of Education 
 College of Engineering 
 College of Fine and Applied Arts 
 Graduate College 
 Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations 
 College of Law 
 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 
 Graduate School of Library and Information Science 
 College of Media 
 College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign 
 School of Social Work 
 College of Veterinary Medicine

 Notable alumni and faculty 
Notable people associated with the university have been successful in fields such as science, business, and politics. The university has produced many Nobel Prize winners. 

John Bardeen, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 and 1972, worked on the faculty of the university from 1951 to 1991.
Roger Ebert, who became the first movie critic to win a Pulitzer Prize.

 Other websites 
 Official Website

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