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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
public research university in Urbana and Champaign, Illinois, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign (UIUC) is a university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the oldest and largest campus in the University of Illinois system.
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The university has 18 Colleges that offer more than 150 programs of study. It is a selective state schools in the United States. Many of its popular undergraduate and graduate programs are ranked high in the US.