Mission
History and Overview
The Faculty
The Student Body
The Campus
Accreditation
The University of Illinois at Chicago is the largest institution of higher education in the Chicago area, one of the top 100 research universities in the United States, and dedicated to the land-grant university tradition of research, teaching, and public service. Through its 14 academic colleges and professional schools, the University offers 78 undergraduate, 80 master’s, and 63 doctoral programs in architecture, art, applied health sciences, business administration, dentistry, education, engineering, humanities, mathematics, medicine, movement sciences, nursing, performing arts, pharmacy, public administration, public health, sciences, social sciences, social work, and urban planning. The University’s programs are enhanced by a variety of research centers and institutes that cover areas, such as community improvement, developmental disabilities, energy, gerontology, robotics, urban economic development, and urban transportation.
The University offers many additional educational opportunities, such as the summer session, the Honors College, study abroad, programs for talented high school students, and individual plans of study. There are extension and online courses and cooperative education programs with business firms, engineering companies, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois at Springfield, and with other institutions in the Chicago area.
In 1946, an undergraduate division of the University of Illinois was established at Navy Pier. This facility, renamed the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, moved to its present location in 1965, when it opened its doors as a four-year university. By 1982, it had grown to include eight academic colleges offering degree programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
The University of Illinois at Chicago was formed by the consolidation, in the fall of 1982, of the two Chicago campuses (formerly known as the University of Illinois at the Medical Center and the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle) into a single institution of higher learning. The University’s facilities for medical instruction date back to 1894, when the Chicago College of Pharmacy became the School of Pharmacy of the University of Illinois. In 1897, the independent College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago became the ‘‘Department of Medicine’’ of the University; in 1901, the Columbian Dental College became the University School of Dentistry; and in 1925 the University Hospital opened. Programs in nursing education under University auspices began in the 1940s, becoming the School of Nursing in 1951 and, in 1959, the College of Nursing. Other health sciences units of the University of Illinois at Chicago include the College of Applied Health Sciences, the School of Public Health, and over 50 clinics and research facilities. A new $60 million University of Illinois Hospital was completed in 1981.
Today the University of Illinois at Chicago has a total enrollment of approximately 25,000 students, including more than 9,000 graduate and professional students.
Academic support services include six libraries, extensive computer facilities with a 10,000-user network, and an instructional resources development office. The campus has a number of centers and institutes whose research activities complement classroom teaching. Other support services include tutoring programs; guidance in the improvement of reading, mathematics, and study skills; a writing center; academic and personal counseling; special instruction in English for international students; and financial aid.
The University takes great pride in its faculty. Many of its members have gained national and international reputations as scholars and researchers, artists, writers, and educators. The quality of UIC faculty members is measured by the recognition they receive through publications, national awards, and the level of grant support for their research and teaching. For example, faculty members have earned awards, fellowships, and grant support from such sources as the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the National Academy of Science, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, and many other philanthropic organizations and state and federal agencies.
The faculty is also highly productive in publishing books and articles in professional publications, and many have held editorships of prestigious journals.
The research activities of the faculty have attracted financial support from private foundations and governmental agencies at a level that places UIC among the top 50 institutions in the nation for expenditures in research and development. UIC is among a select group of 96 institutions to be classified in the Research Universities (very high research activity) by the Carnegie Foundation.
The nearly 25,000 students who study at the University of Illinois at Chicago come from the city of Chicago and its suburbs, and from all 50 states, three United States territories, and 100 foreign countries. The student body is rich in its diversity, its youth and maturity, and its cultural heritage. Of the 15,000 undergraduate students, 55 percent are female and 45 percent are male. Minority students comprise 50 percent of the undergraduate enrollment. Many full-time students also hold part-time jobs, both on and off campus. In addition, a large number find time to participate in one or more of approximately 233 campus student organizations. With a growing residential population, UIC houses students on the east, west, and south sides of campus. Approximately 3,800 students live on campus, including more than half of first-year undergraduate students.
Admission to the University of Illinois at Chicago is competitive. The mean ACT composite score for entering freshmen is just under 24 with half of the entering freshmen reporting composite scores between 21 and 26.
Located a mile west of Chicago’s Loop, the University of Illinois at Chicago features 110 buildings on a 244-acre campus, comprised of east and west sides (see maps at the back of the catalog). Undergraduate education takes place principally on the east side, whereas professional programs in the health sciences form the programmatic core of the west side. UIC offers students a learning environment of contemporary classrooms, lecture centers, laboratories, libraries, on-campus residence halls, and the latest sport and fitness facilities. Students have access to two of the largest student unions in the country, as well as sports and entertainment at the UIC Pavilion. Nearly 25 percent of the UIC undergraduate student body resides in on-campus housing, and the campus is also readily accessible to students commuting from residential neighborhoods.
AccreditationThe University of Illinois at Chicago is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, Illinois 60602-2504, (312) 263-0456, http://www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org. The Higher Learning Commission is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). In 1997, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools granted continued accreditation of the University of Illinois at Chicago for the maximum period of 10 years. The next comprehensive evaluation of UIC is scheduled for 2007. Verification of accreditation status is available in the Office of the Chancellor (MC 102), University of Illinois at Chicago, 601 South Morgan Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7128; (312) 413-3350.
The undergraduate academic degree programs (and including the Doctor of Pharmacy degree) described in this catalog have been approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education, 431 East Adams, Second Floor, Springfield, Illinois 62701-1418, (217) 782-2551.
In addition to institutional accreditation, certain individual programs are accredited by the following organizations.
Art and Design
BFA programs in Graphic Design and Industrial Design
National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD)
11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21
Reston, Virginia 20190
(703) 437-0700
http://nasad.arts-accredit.org/index.jsp
Business
BS programs in Accounting, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Information, and Decision Sciences, Management, and Marketing
AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
777 South Harbour Island Boulevard, Suite 750
Tampa, Florida 33602
(813) 769-6500
http://www.aacsb.edu/
Engineering
BS programs in Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET)
111 Market Place, Suite 1050
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
(410) 347-7700
http://www.abet.org/
Health Information Management
BS in Health Information Management
Commission on Accreditation of Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIM)
233 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2150
Chicago, Illinois 60601
(312) 233-1131
http://www.cahiim.org/
Human Nutrition
BS in Human Nutrition
Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE)
American Dietetic Association
120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000
Chicago, Illinois 60606-6995
(800) 877-1600
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/CADE.html
Nursing
BS in Nursing
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 887-6791
http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Accreditation/
Pharmacy
Doctor of Pharmacy
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
20 North Clark Street, Suite 2500
Chicago, Illinois 60602
(312) 664-3575
http://www.acpe-accredit.org/
State Teacher Certification
The curricula for the preparation of elementary and secondary school teachers as listed in this catalog have been approved by the Illinois Board of Higher Education, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the Illinois State Board of Education, and the University.
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