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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, also known as UIUC and the UofI (the officially preferred abbreviation), is the largest campus in the University of Illinois system. It is highly ranked in engineering, computer science, physical sciences, psychology, and accounting. The campus is divided almost exactly between the cities of Urbana and Champaign. The university is composed of 18 colleges and institutes that offer more than 150 programs of study. There are approximately 28,000 undergraduates and 10,000 graduate students at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC is the site of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, which created the first graphical Web browser, Mosaic. The University also has the third largest academic library, and the largest public engineering library (Grainger Engineering Library) in the country. The Daily Illini is the (unofficial) student newspaper.

11 alumni and nine professors from U of I have won the Nobel Prize, including two in 2003; professors Paul Lauterbur and Anthony Leggett won for their work in physiology/medicine and physics, respectively.

UIUC's sports teams, nicknamed the Fighting Illini (pronounced eye-LIE-nigh), compete in Division I (I-A for football) as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Notable alumni

Alumni with Nobel Prizes

  • Edward Doisy, B.S. 1914, M.S. 1916 - Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1943)
  • Vincent Du Vigneaud, B.S. 1923, M.S. 1924 - Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 1955), faculty member of UIUC
  • Robert Holley, B.A. 1942 - Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1968)
  • Jack Kilby, B.S. 1947 - Nobel laureate (Physics, 2000). Inventor of the microchip.
  • Edwin Krebs, B.A. 1940 - Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1992)
  • Polykarp Kusch, M.S. 1933, Ph.D. 1936 - Nobel laureate (Physics, 1955)
  • John Schrieffer, M.S. 1954, PhD 1957 - Nobel laureate (Physics, 1972), faculty member of UIUC
  • Phillip Sharp, Ph.D. 1969 - Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 1993)
  • Wendell Stanely, M.S. 1927, PhD. 1929 - Nobel laureate (Chemistry 1946)
  • Rosalyn Yalow, M.S. 1942, Ph.D. 1945 - Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1977)

Alumni with Pulitzer Prizes

Technology and Innovation

Literature, Media, and Entertainment

Society

Astronauts

Athletics


Notable faculty

  • John Bardeen - Nobel laureate (Physics, 1956) for co-inventing the transistor, and Nobel laureate (Physics, 1972) for work on superconductivity. Served on the faculty from 1951 until his demise in 1991.
  • Elias Corey - Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 1990). Served on faulty from 1951 to 1959.
  • Paul Lauterbur - Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 2003). Joined the faculty in 1985.
  • Anthony J. Leggett - Nobel laureate (Physics, 2003). Joined faculty in 1983.
  • Salvador Luria - Nobel laureate (Physiology or Medicine, 1969). Served on faculty from 1950-1959.
  • Rudolph Marcus - Nobel laureate (Chemistry, 1992). Served on faculty from 1964-1968.
  • Franco Modigliani - Nobel laureate (Economics, 1985). Served on faculty from 1948-1952.
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