Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies

CONTACT INFORMATION

Institute for Entrepreneurial
Studies (MC 244)
College of Business
Administration
815 W. Van Buren
Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60607-7107
Phone: (312) 996-2670
Fax: (312) 413-1265
E-mail: ies@uic.edu

About Us

From its humble beginnings in 1981, the UIC Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies has developed into a leading teaching and research center for entrepreneurship. Thanks to the generous support of the Coleman Foundation, IES has grown into a nationally-acclaimed, top-ranked program.

We pride ourselves on the quality of our overall program, which has been recognized by a number of prestigious institutions. Some of the recent awards and honors that have been bestowed upon IES include:

  • 2009- Entrepreneur Magazine ranked the UIC Liautaud Graduate School of Business in the Top 25 Graduate Enrepreneurial Colleges of 2009.

  • 2008 - Entrepreneur magazine and the Princeton Review ranked the college's graduate entrepreneurship program sixth in the nation.

  • 2007 - Fortune Small Business named UIC one of the top 25 programs in the nation for undergraduates.

  • 2006 - Entrepreneur magazine and the Princeton Review ranked the UIC undergraduate program ninth and the graduate program 12th in the nation.

  • 2006 - Professor Gerald Hills received the 2005 John E. Hughes/U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Award for Entrepreneurial Advocacy.

More rankings and awards

UIC's College of Business Administration is a research-based institution located in the heart of Chicago that cultivates a spirit of entrepreneurship through real-world experience. The college is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and offers both undergraduate and graduate programs.

UIC ranks among the nation's top 50 universities in federal research funding and is Chicago's largest university with 25,000 students, 12,000 faculty and staff, 15 colleges and the state's major public medical center. A hallmark of the campus is the Great Cities Commitment, through which UIC faculty, students and staff engage with community, corporate, foundation and government partners in hundreds of programs to improve the quality of life in metropolitan areas around the world.