UIUC College of Engineering

The College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was first established in 1868, and is considered one of the original units of the school. The presence of a steam engine on the University's seal is a good clue as to the importance of the engineering program to the University. Engineering at Illinois consistently ranks amongst the top five such engineering colleges in the United States by the U.S. News and World Report and ranks amongst the top three in the world in the Academic Ranking of World Universities. Therefore, the College of Engineering at Illinois is considered one of the most selective and elite engineering colleges in the world.

Campus

The College of Engineering is located at the northern terminus of the University of Illinois occupying the Bardeen Quadrangle, the Beckman Quadrangle and many nearby areas. Green Street almost perfectly divides the Engineering campus from the rest of the University, so engineers and the College of Engineering are often referred to as "North of Green."

Engineering Hall serves as the primary anchor point for the College of Engineering and houses administrative offices as well as academic facilities. Built in 1894, it is the oldest surviving building on the Engineering portion of campus. It was designed by George Bullard, a University alumnus as part of a University held architecture competition and is an example of the Renaissance Revival style of architecture.

The Bardeen Quad is home to the Grainger Engineering Library, the largest Engineering Library in the world with over 260,000 physical volumes and a substantial electronic repository. The building itself cost nearly $30 million and has 135,000 square feet (13,000 m²) of floor space. It serves in excess of 1.5 million people annually.

Departments

* [http://ae.engr.uiuc.edu/ Aerospace Engineering]
* [http://www.age.uiuc.edu/ Agricultural and Biological Engineering]
* [http://www.bioen.uiuc.edu/ Bioengineering]
* [http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/chem_eng/ Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
* [http://www.cee.uiuc.edu/ Civil and Environmental Engineering]
* [http://cs.engr.uiuc.edu/ Computer Science]
* [http://www.ece.uiuc.edu/ Electrical and Computer Engineering]
* [http://www.iese.uiuc.edu/ Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering]
* [http://www.mse.uiuc.edu/ Materials Science and Engineering]
* [http://www.mechse.uiuc.edu/ Mechanical Science and Engineering]
* [http://www.ne.uiuc.edu/ Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering]
* [http://www.physics.uiuc.edu/ Physics]

Research

The University as a whole is known as one of the nation's great research institutions and the College of Engineering is no exception. The College has the third highest per dollar research expenditure in the nation with over $202 million spent annually. The College is home to 26 research centers, 10 major laboratories, and nine affiliate programs. In addition, the college serves as the home for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), and the United States Department of Energy's Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets. In total the College employs 408 research faculty members, 2,681 graduate researchers, and over 1,200 staff members.

Honors

In addition to the program as a whole ranking in top five of Engineering schools, many of the departments within the College of Engineering are also highly ranked.

Undergraduate rankings

The Undergraduate programs in Civil Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, and Materials Science & Engineering are considered to be the top such programs in the nation. Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, and Environmental Engineering consistently rank in the top five such programs in United States. The Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Nuclear Engineering programs consistently rank within the top ten such programs in the nation.

Graduate rankings

The Graduate program in Civil Engineering offered by the college is considered to be one of the top two programs in the discipline. Additionally the graduate programs in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Materials Science & Engineering consistently rank within the top five such programs in the nation. The graduate programs in Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, and Physics consistently rank within the top ten such programs in the nation.

Faculty honors

The faculty of the College of Engineering has earned many honors over the course of the College's prestigious career. Currently 82 of the faculty hold named chairs or professorships, 34 are members of the National Academy of Engineering, 15 are members of the National Academy of Sciences, 15 are members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, two are Nobel Laureates, one is a National Medal of Science recipient, and one is a National Medal of Technology recipient.

Alumni

Alumni have created companies such as Netscape Communications, AMD, PayPal, Oracle Corporation, Siebel Systems, Lotus Software, and YouTube.

See also

* The Beckman Institute
* Coordinated Sciences Laboratory
* National Center for Supercomputing Applications
* [http://cee.uiuc.edu/railroad/ Railroad Engineering Program]

External links

* [http://engr.uiuc.edu/ College of Engineering]
* [http://ec.uiuc.edu/ Engineering Council]
* [http://ei.engr.uiuc.edu Engineering Initiatives]