UIUC in World Top Rankings

The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign (UIUC) is one of the nation's premier public universities, consistently ranked among the world's best institutions in a number of international league tables.

The University has the following Academic Units: College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences; College of Applied Health Sciences; Institute of Aviation; College of Business; College of Education; College of Engineering; College of Fine and Applied Arts; Division of General Studies; Graduate College; School of Labor and Employment Relations; College of Law; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Graduate School of Library and Information Science; College of Media; College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign; School of Social Work; College of Veterinary Medicine.

University Rankings:

- UIUC is rated as the 47th best national university in the U.S.News & World Report's America's Best Colleges 2011.

- 24th in the US News Education School Ranking 2010.

- In 2009, the Institute for Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranked UIUC 25th among the world's best institutions and 19th best in North & Latin America.

- 9th in the Webometrics Ranking of World Top Universities 2009.

- Rated 21st in the Peace Corps' 2009 Top Universities and Colleges (large university category).

- Ranked 3rd globally in Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences; 17th globally in Life and Agriculture Sciences; 21st globally in Natural Sciences and Mathematics (ARWU 2009).

- Rated 11th in the nation in the 2008 Washington Monthly College National Rankings.

- 16th in undergraduate entrepreneurial programs and 21st in graduate entrepreneurial programs (Entrepreneur magazine 2007).

- 2nd for Undergraduate Programs in Accounting, and 5th for Doctoral Programs in Accounting (Public Accounting Report 2007).

- 48th in the Newsweek ranking of top 100 global universities 2006.

- Open Doors ranked UIUC 5th in the nations "top 20 Doctoral/Research Institution" for total number of study abroad students and 4th in international students.

- The Princeton Review named UIUC as one of the nation's best value undergraduate institutions in the 2008 edition of its publication, America's Best Value Colleges.

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