About This School
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is located in Urbana and Champaign, Illinois. It is recognized as one of the leading public research universities in the United States, especially strong in engineering, computer science, and agriculture. Its Department of Computer Science is consistently ranked among the top in the nation and has contributed major advances in networking, AI, and data science. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), based at UIUC, played a key role in the creation of the first widely used web browser and continues to push boundaries in high-performance computing. The university also supports innovation and entrepreneurship through initiatives like Research Park and the Technology Entrepreneur Center. Students are encouraged to engage in hands-on projects, internships, and collaborations with industry from early in their studies. With distinguished faculty, strong research funding, and a tradition of groundbreaking discoveries, UIUC produces graduates who are highly sought after in tech, science, and engineering.