The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system and one of the nation's top public research universities. Founded in 1867 as a land-grant institution, UIUC is consistently ranked among the top 5 engineering and computer science programs in the world. The Grainger College of Engineering, the Gies College of Business, and the iSchool are globally recognized. UIUC is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and a founding member of the Big Ten Conference. Champaign-Urbana is a classic twin college city in east-central Illi…
