University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC,) - public higher education institution in United States.

University of Illinois at Chicago - Description

The University of Illinois is the state's best and most comprehensive public university. We are a family of three distinct campuses ? Chicago, Springfield and Urbana-Champaign ? serving the people of Illinois through a shared commitment to our missions of excellence in teaching, research, public service and economic development. Our campuses attract the nation's most talented students with hundreds of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs, many of them ranked among the best in the United States. We are also the state's largest educator. Right now nearly 70,000 students are enrolled at our campuses and thousands more take classes off campus and online. The University of Illinois is a world leader in research and discovery. Our internationally renowned faculty win more federal research dollars than all other public Illinois universities and colleges combined, resulting in priceless new knowledge and life-changing breakthroughs in medicine, agriculture and technology. We are a university that belongs to the people of Illinois. Our faculty, staff and students share their knowledge and expertise and the resources of the University with citizens in every corner of the state through more than 700 public service and outreach programs. The University also has an impressive impact on the state's economy.... The University of Illinois is the state's best and most comprehensive public university. We are a family of three distinct campuses — Chicago, Springfield and Urbana-Champaign — serving the people of Illinois through a shared commitment to our missions of excellence in teaching, research, public service and economic development. Our campuses attract the nation's most talented students with hundreds of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs, many of them ranked among the best in the United States. We are also the state's largest educator. Right now nearly 70,000 students are enrolled at our campuses and thousands more take classes off campus and online. The University of Illinois is a world leader in research and discovery. Our internationally renowned faculty win more federal research dollars than all other public Illinois universities and colleges combined, resulting in priceless new knowledge and life-changing breakthroughs in medicine, agriculture and technology. We are a university that belongs to the people of Illinois. Our faculty, staff and students share their knowledge and expertise and the resources of the University with citizens in every corner of the state through more than 700 public service and outreach programs. The University also has an impressive impact on the state's economy.... The University of Illinois at Chicago was formed by the 1982 consolidation of two campuses: the University of Illinois at the Medical Center and the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. Programs are offered through the Colleges of Architecture and the Arts, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Liberal Arts and Sciences,Urban Planning and Public Administration and the Jane Addams School of Social Work. UIC is a major center for medical education and research for Illinois and the nation, with health-care-related colleges in Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Phramacy, Public Health, and the Applied Health Sciences.
UIC provides the broadest access to the highest levels of intellectual excellence.UIC's mission is: to create knowledge that transforms our views of the world and, through sharing and application, transforms the world; to provide a wide range of students with the educational opportunity only a leading research university can offer; to address the challenges and opportunities facing not only Chicago but all Great Cities of the 21st century, as expressed by our Great Cities Commitment; to foster scholarship and practices that reflect and respond to the increasing diversity of the U.S. in a rapidly globalizing world; to train professionals in a wide range of public service disciplines, serving Illinois as the principal educator of health science professionals and as a major healthcare provider to underserved communities