University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, also known as UIUC and the U of I (the officially preferred abbreviation), is a large public university, the largest campus in the University of Illinois system. It is highly ranked in library and information science, engineering, electrical and computer engineering, computer science, physical sciences, advertising, psychology, educational psychology, agriculture, and accounting. In 2004, US News and World Report ranked the undergraduate program 37th overall out of nationally accredited universities. The university is composed of 18 colleges and institutes that offer more than 150 programs of study and is considered a Public Ivy.

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The campus was originally established as Illinois Industrial University in Urbana in 1867 under the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862, which provided western lands to each state to establish a university for agriculture and engineering. It now includes 272 major buildings on 1,458 acres in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. There are 29,294 undergraduate students and 11,066 graduate and professional students, including students from all 50 states and 100 nations.

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Morrill Land Grant Act - 1862 - Champaign - Urbana

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11 alumni and nine professors from U of I have won the Nobel Prize.

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