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Great Cities at U I C. Commitment and engagement with global and local communities
A great city makes a great university

As a public institution, UIC has a three-fold mission of teaching, research and public service.

Teaching

Degrees offered
  • 88 bachelor's academic areas
 
  • 86 master's disciplines
 
  • 58 doctorate specializations
Graduates
  • 1 in 57 adult Chicagoans
 
  • 1 in 6 Illinois physicians and more minority physicians than any other public university in the United States
 
  • UIC is a primary source of Chicago Public School teachers
Student Pop.
  • 16,160 undergrads in 2000
 
  • 6,064 graduate students
 
  • 3,401 professional and resident students
 
  • 75% are from the Chicago area
 
  • 97% are from Illinois
 
  • 46.8% Caucasian
  • 19.5% Asian
  • 13.6% Hispanic
  • 9.3% African American
  • 10.8% other or unknown
 
  • 25% are non-U.S. citizens
 
  • Greater than 30% are non-native speakers of English
 
  • Many of our students are from families of modest means and are the first in their families to go to college.
Faculty
  • 75% of tenured faculty teach undergraduate courses
 
  • 13 to 1 student-faculty ratio
 
  • Average class size is 29
 
  • Faculty received 7 prestigious National Science Foundation Career awards in 2001
 
  • The second MacArthur Fellowship ("genius grant") in the last four years was awarded to a faculty member of the College of Architecture and the Arts
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