创办时间：1867年
所在城市：美国伊利诺伊州双子城厄巴纳-香槟市
学校性质：公立综合类研究型大学
学生总数：55,000+（本科生35,000+，研究生20,000+）
师生比：1:18
优势学科：土木与环境工程、材料科学与工程、电气与计算机工程、机械工程、航空航天工程、计算机科学、会计、图书馆与信息科学、物理学、化学与化学工程、心理学、农学
Mission 使命
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is charged by our state to enhance the lives of citizens in Illinois, across the nation and around the world through our leadership in learning, discovery, engagement and economic development.
伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校受州政府嘱托，通过在学习、探索、社会参与和经济发展领域的领导力，提升伊利诺伊州、全美乃至全球公民的生活品质。
Vision 愿景
We will be the pre-eminent* public research university with a land-grant mission and global impact.
我们将成为具有赠地使命与全球影响力的卓越公立研究型大学。
*This is how the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign defines pre-eminence:
We will be the best at what we do; this is a matter of excellence in achievement.
We will have impact locally, nationally and globally through transformational learning experiences and groundbreaking scholarship.
We will be recognized by our peers as leaders. We will be visible to the nation and world – this is the leadership expected from a world-class university with a land-grant mission.
We will be leaders in advancing diversity and equity that will contribute to creating an institution committed to excellence in discovery, teaching, and research, and a climate where all can achieve their highest aspirations in a safe and welcoming environment.
*此处为伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校对“卓越”的定义：
我们将成为领域的佼佼者——这关乎成就上的卓越。
我们将通过变革性的学习体验和开创性的学术成果，在本地、全国和全球产生深远影响。
我们将被同行认可为领导者，在全国和世界范围内彰显存在——这是一所肩负赠地使命的世界级大学应有的领导力。
我们将成为推进多元与公平的领导者，致力于打造一所专注于探索、教学和研究卓越的学府，并营造一个安全、包容的环境，让每个人都能在此实现最高抱负。
Faculty 师资力量
A talented and highly respected faculty is the university’s most significant resource. Many are recognized for exceptional scholarship with memberships in such organizations as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering.
才华横溢、备受尊敬的教师队伍是大学最宝贵的资源。许多教师因卓越的学术成就获得认可，入选美国艺术与科学院、国家科学院和国家工程院等组织。
Our faculty have been awarded Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, and the Fields Medal in Mathematics. The success of our faculty is matched by that of our alumni: 11 are Nobel Laureates and another 18 have won Pulitzer Prizes.
我们的教师曾荣获诺贝尔奖、普利策奖和菲尔兹数学奖。教师的成功与校友的成就交相辉映：校友中涌现出11位诺贝尔奖得主和18位普利策奖获得者。
Academic Resources 学术资源
Academic resources on campus are among the finest in the world. The University Library is one of the largest public university collections in the world with 15 million volumes in its 20+ unit libraries. Annually, 53,000,000 people visit its online catalog. Students have access to thousands of computer terminals in classrooms, residence halls, and campus libraries for use in classroom instruction, study, and research.
校园学术资源位居世界前列。大学图书馆是全球最大的公立大学图书馆系统之一，20余个分支图书馆共藏书1500万册，其在线目录年访问量达5300万人次。学生可通过教室、宿舍和校园图书馆的数千台计算机终端进行课堂学习、自主研究和学术探索。
Research 科学研究
At Illinois, our focus on research shapes our identity, permeates our classrooms and fuels our outreach. Fostering discovery and innovation is our fundamental mission. As a public, land-grant university, we have the responsibility to create new knowledge and new ideas and translate these into better ways of working, living and learning for our state, nation and world.
在伊利诺伊大学，我们对研究的专注塑造了我们的特质，融入了课堂教学，并推动了我们的社会服务。培育发现与创新是我们的根本使命。作为一所公立赠地大学，我们有责任创造新知识与新思想，并将其转化为造福本州、全国乃至全球工作、生活与学习方式的更优方案。
Entrepreneurship flows from the classrooms to Research Park, a space that houses everything from Fortune 500 companies to student-founded startups. We are consistently ranked among the top five universities for NSF-funded research and our total annual research funding exceeds $600 million.
创业精神从课堂延伸至研究园——一个囊括从财富500强公司到学生创业企业的孵化空间。我校持续位列美国国家科学基金会资助研究经费最高的前五名高校，年度研究总经费超过6亿美元。
The Arts 艺术氛围
A major center for the arts, the campus attracts dozens of nationally and internationally renowned artists each year to its widely acclaimed Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The University also supports two major museums: the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion; and the Spurlock Museum, a museum of world history and culture.
作为主要艺术中心，校园每年通过广受赞誉的克拉纳特表演艺术中心吸引数十位国内外知名艺术家到访。大学还拥有两大博物馆：克拉纳特艺术博物馆与金基德展馆，以及展示世界历史与文化的斯普尔洛克博物馆。
Other major facilities include the multipurpose State Farm Center (16,500 seats); Memorial Stadium (70,000 seats), site of Big Ten Conference football games; and the Activities and Recreation Center (ARC), one of the largest recreational facilities of its kind on a university campus.
其他主要设施包括多功能州立农业中心（16,500个座位）、举办十大联盟足球赛事的纪念体育场（70,000个座位），以及校园内最大的休闲设施之一——活动与娱乐中心（ARC）。
Undergraduate Education 本科教育
The fundamental promise at Illinois for nearly 150 years has been to provide our undergraduate students with truly transformative educational experiences. Whether these experiences take place in the classroom, in the surrounding community or around the globe, our students leave this campus with the skills, knowledge and the drive to become leaders in their fields and to lead lives of impact in the world. Each year we welcome more than 32,000 undergraduate students across our nine undergraduate divisions – offering nearly 5,000 courses in more than 150 fields of study and awarding about 7,000 new degrees each spring.
近150年来，伊利诺伊大学的核心承诺是为本科生提供真正具有变革意义的教育体验。无论这些体验发生在课堂、周边社区还是全球舞台，我们的学生都将带着技能、知识和动力离开校园，成为所在领域的领导者，并对世界产生深远影响。每年，我们迎来超过32,000名本科生就读于九个本科院系，提供150多个研究领域的近5,000门课程，并在每年春季授予约7,000个新学位。