At UIC, you’ll learn from award-winning professors: American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows, Fulbright scholars and National Science Foundation Career Award winners.

With approximately 2,579 faculty members and a low 1-to-18 faculty-student ratio, UIC undergraduates have exceptional access to the scientists, artists, writers, clinicians, educators and innovators whose work shapes our world.

UIC courses in the arts and humanities help students develop critical-thinking skills and a comprehensive world view.

The College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts is a diverse community of artists, architects, designers and performers. Humanities studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences —  including the School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics — reflect the global identities of UIC and Chicago.

Whether you want to view the world through an electron microscope or the perspective of an entire culture, UIC offers a broad range of programs in the basic and social sciences. UIC researchers study important issues like energy production and conservation and the cultures of lost Amazonian civilizations. Their work translates into classroom learning and student research opportunities.

UIC produces leaders for the global economy of the future. The College of Business Administration reinforces the core disciplines — accounting, finance, information and decision sciences, marketing and management — with solid, real-world experience.

For students whose career goals expand beyond one area of study, UIC offers joint degree options that combine business with medicine, public health, pharmacy, economics, nursing and management information systems.

UIC is a place where ideas become reality and change the world for the better. Researchers at UIC are developing cleaner fuel options and studying practical applications for the 2D “wonder material” graphene and using AI to improve treatment recommendations for patients with cancer. If you’re interested in computer science — gaming, manipulation of big data, computers that understand natural language or visualization, securing healthcare data, the intersection of art and science — you’ll find it at UIC.

Together, UIC’s seven health sciences colleges and hospital system – called UI Health – provides opportunities for students to develop clinical skills, to engage in laboratory and community-based research initiatives, and to explore countless health related careers from medical care providers to data and policy experts to biomedical visualization artists. Ten pre-health programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences prepare students for future study in UIC health sciences programs and veterinary medicine.

For students whose goals expand beyond one area of study, UIC offers joint degrees that combine health care studies with other disciplines. The Medical Scientist Training Program is an MD/PhD program that prepares students to be physician-scientists, who can help combine laboratory, clinical sciences and interdisciplinary approaches to important biomedical problems. The Richard and Loan Hill Department of Bioengineering, a partnership between the College of Medicine and the College of Engineering, trains students for careers in biomaterials, neural engineering, biosensors, biomechanics, genetic engineering and bionanotechnology, to name a few.

UIC is the home to Chicago’s only public law school. Through its varied juris doctor and graduate degree programs, UIC School of Law provides an education that combines the understanding of both the theory and the practice of law. Students seeking degrees from the school have the option to study many substantive areas of the law – from tax law and estate planning to sustainability and international human rights – and benefit from its many educational centers and nine community-based, pro bono legal clinics.

UIC offers many courses focused on issues of equality, fairness and inclusion. A minor in social justice in gender and women’s studies explores ethical, social, historical and political questions facing Chicago and the world. Students and faculty are involved in social justice work, from public policy to arts projects, human rights to urban health disparities.

UIC educates city planners and administrators to evaluate needs, find solutions — then make them happen.

The College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs offers undergraduate and degrees, including Chicago’s only accredited graduate program in urban planning.  Seven research centers in the college specialize in neighborhood development, economics, transportation, race and public policy, criminal justice and other issues.