# University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

- Location: Champaign, United States
- Type: Public
- Founded: 1867
- Official website: https://illinois.edu/
- CollegeStat profile: https://collegestat.britexstudy-15d.workers.dev/university/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign-f5cd8bb6

## Summary

The university was founded in 1867 as Illinois Industrial University under the federal Morrill Land-Grant Act, and its first classes opened in 1868 with 77 students. It became the University of Illinois in 1885 and is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois System, in the twin cities of Urbana and Champaign. In 2018 it opened the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, which centres medical training on engineering.

## Key facts

- rank: #74 (QS 2027) — https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx
- tuition: $35,900 (per year, 2023)
- admission: 42.4% (2024)

## Sources

- [rank](https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx)
- [Official website](https://illinois.edu/)
- [Admissions](https://illinois.edu/admissions)
- [Financial aid](https://www.osfa.illinois.edu/)
- [Reference](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/complete-data-files/HD2025.zip)
- [Official news: 60,848 total students, fall 2025](https://news.illinois.edu/illinois-sets-another-freshman-record-as-enrollment-tops-60000/)
- [1867 founding, 1885 renaming, Carle Illinois 2018, motto (Wikipedia cross-check)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign)

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