The University of Illinois is the state's comprehensive public university. The three distinct campuses in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield serve the people of Illinois through a shared commitment to our missions of excellence in teaching, research, economic development and public service. Online classes offered by the three campuses expand educational opportunities for residents of the state of Illinois and beyond.
In addition to the main campuses, the University has health professions sites in Rockford, Peoria and the Quad Cities, continuing education centers in suburban and downstate Illinois, a major teaching hospital and Extension offices in many of the state's 102 counties.

The family of campuses in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago, and Springfield serve the people of Illinois through a shared commitment to missions of excellence in academics, research, public service and economic development. Every campus makes specific and different contributions to the University's overarching tasks. All of campuses are strengthened by intercampus cooperation and by University-wide services, yet carry out their academic functions with a high degree of delegated authority and autonomy. 

The campuses in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield offer hundreds of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs, many of them among the best in the United States and taught by nationally and internationally respected faculty, including Nobel laureates and Pulitzer prize winners and MacArthur fellows. 

Admission
Admission to the University is selective and based on factors that best predict a student's likelihood of success in a competitive academic environment. University of Illinois faculty scholars and researchers attract thousands of separate grants and contracts that range from tens of thousands of dollars to multi-year, multi-million dollar projects.