University of Illinois System
Public university system in Illinois
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| 2024 | Computer Science Programs showed varied admission statistics: Computer Science admit rate at 7.2% and Computer Science + X at 18.1%. |
| 2023 | Overall first-year admit rate was 43.7%, with significant variation across different colleges, such as the Grainger College of Engineering having a 22.3% admit rate. |
| 2022 | Earned fifth consecutive gold certification in STARS, with one of its highest scores to date, driven by new solar and geothermal energy projects, water use reduction, and sustainability research. |
| 2022 | Computer Science program maintained its high national ranking, with an extremely competitive acceptance rate of less than 6.8%. |
| September 2022 | The City of Champaign transferred a large area of Campustown from CPD to UIPD jurisdiction, with the city agreeing to fund seven new officers to patrol the expanded coverage area. |
| July 2022 | The university partnered with local businesses to invest $300,000 to combat violent crime in Champaign County. |
| April 18 2022 | Sayed A. Quraishi, a recent university graduate, assaulted a Jewish student outside the campus' Hillel building during an anti-Israel protest organized by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). Quraishi was subsequently charged with a hate crime. |
| 2021 | The word 'at' was dropped from the university's name for marketing purposes across all U of I System campuses. |
| 2021 | In the U.S. News & World Report 'America's Best Colleges' report, UIUC's undergraduate program was ranked tied for 47th among national universities and tied for 15th among public universities. |
| 2020 | Washington Monthly ranked UIUC 18th among 389 national universities based on contribution to public good. |
| 2020 | The university was ranked 48th globally by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. |
| 2020 | UIUC was ranked 75th in the world by the QS World University Rankings. |
| 2019 | Research expenditures at the university totaled $652 million in the fiscal year. |
| 2019 | Kiplinger's Personal Finance rated Illinois 12th in its list of Best Values in Public Colleges. |
| 2019 | The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) ranked University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as the 20th best university in the world. |
| 2019 | UIUC was ranked 38th globally by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). |
| 2018 | UIUC was ranked 32nd in the world in Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings. |
| 2018 | The Carle Illinois College of Medicine began classes. |
| 2018 | University had a total of 45,813 students, with over 10,000 international students, including 5,295 Mainland Chinese students. Student composition included 32,878 undergraduate and 10,245 graduate and professional students, with a gender breakdown of 55% men and 45% women. |
| 2018 | The National Science Foundation reported the university spent $625 million on research and development, ranking 37th in the nation for research expenditure. |
| June 9 2017 | Yingying Zhang, a Chinese international student, was abducted and murdered in a case that made national headlines. In response, the university announced plans to install additional high-definition security cameras across the campus. |
| 2016 | University's annual operating budget exceeded $2 billion. |
| 2016 | The Princeton Review ranked Illinois 1st in its list of top party schools. |
| 2016 | UIUC engineering was ranked 13th in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). |
| 2015 | The Graduate Program in Urban Planning at the College of Fine and Applied Arts was ranked 3rd nationally by Planetizen. |
| March 12 2015 | The Board of Trustees approved the creation of a medical school, the first college created at Urbana-Champaign in 60 years. |
| 2014 | UIUC enrolled 4,898 students from China, the highest number of Chinese students for any American university at that time. Graduate enrollment of Chinese students had grown to 1,973. |
| 2013 | Began reporting data through Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), initially achieving gold certification. |
| December 2013 | University launched the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) on the Urbana-Champaign campus to lead interdisciplinary research on sustainability and environmental solutions. |
| 2012 | Reshma Saujani founded Girls Who Code. |
| 2012 | Nearly 84% of the university's budget came from sources other than state support. |
| 2011 | State support for the university declined to 2.28% of the state's tax appropriations, representing a nearly 50% decline from 1980. |
| 2010 | First Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP) was written to chart a path towards carbon neutrality. |
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