University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

In the Illinois twin cities of Champaign and Urbana, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a public land-grant research university. It was established in 1867 and is the flagship institution of the University of Illinois system. The University of Illinois is one of the country's largest public universities, with over 56,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classed as a "Public Ivy" in Howard and Matthew Greene's book The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Public Universities (2001). The University of Illinois spent $652 million on research in fiscal year 2019.

After Harvard University, the campus library system has the second-largest university library in the United States in terms of holdings. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) is based at the institution, and it houses the fastest supercomputer on a university campus.

Founded: 1867

Address: Champaign, IL, United States

Website: https://illinois.edu/