University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, United States

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, founded in 1867 as a land-grant institution, is a leading public research university ranked #70 in the QS World University Rankings 2026 and #12 among US public universities (U.S. News). Based on a 1,783-acre campus in the twin cities of Urbana and Champaign, Illinois hosts around 60,000 students, including more than 12,000 international students from 125 countries — the second-largest international student population among US public universities. Illinois offers over 150 majors across 11 academic communities, and its faculty and alumni have won 24 Nobel Prizes and 27 Pulitzer Prizes. It is particularly renowned for its Grainger College of Engineering, whose Computer Science programme is consistently ranked among the top 5 in the United States, its Gies College of Business, and its land-grant strength in agricultural sciences.

Key facts

• Country: United States
• City: Urbana-Champaign
• Founded: 1867
• Students: 60,000
• Global ranking: #70
• Acceptance rate: 45%
• Tuition: €33,000–€55,000 per year
• Average living cost: €1,350/month
• Application deadline: 2026-11-01
• Languages of instruction: English

Programs

• Statistics (Bachelor, Statistics) — €42,500/yr , 4 years
• English (Bachelor, English Literature) — €42,300/yr , 4 years
• Master of Science in Business Analytics (Master, Business Analytics) — €49,000/yr , 1 years
• MSc Aerospace Engineering (Master, Aerospace Engineering) — €47,800/yr , 1 years
• Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering) — €43,000/yr , 4 years
• Civil Engineering (Bachelor, Civil Engineering) — €43,000/yr , 4 years
• Electrical Engineering (Bachelor, Electrical Engineering) — €43,000/yr , 4 years
• Computer Science (Bachelor, Computer Science) — €44,000/yr , 4 years
• Computer Science with Artificial Intelligence (Bachelor, Artificial Intelligence) — €44,300/yr , 4 years
• Aerospace Engineering (Bachelor, Aerospace Engineering) — €43,200/yr , 4 years
• Materials Science and Engineering (Bachelor, Materials Science) — €43,000/yr , 4 years
• Bioengineering (Bachelor, Biomedical Engineering) — €43,200/yr , 4 years
• Chemical Engineering (Bachelor, Chemical Engineering) — €43,000/yr , 4 years
• Data Science (Bachelor, Data Science) — €44,000/yr , 4 years
• Actuarial Science (Bachelor, Actuarial Science) — €42,800/yr , 4 years
• Business Administration (Bachelor, Business Administration) — €43,000/yr , 4 years
• Accountancy (Bachelor, Accounting) — €43,000/yr , 4 years
• Finance (Bachelor, Finance) — €43,000/yr , 4 years
• Marketing (Bachelor, Marketing) — €43,000/yr , 4 years
• Economics (Bachelor, Economics) — €42,500/yr , 4 years
• Management Information Systems (Bachelor, Information Systems) — €43,200/yr , 4 years
• Psychology (Bachelor, Psychology) — €42,500/yr , 4 years
• Political Science (Bachelor, Political Science) — €42,300/yr , 4 years
• Sociology (Bachelor, Sociology) — €42,300/yr , 4 years
• Journalism (Bachelor, Journalism) — €42,500/yr , 4 years
• Advertising (Bachelor, Advertising) — €42,500/yr , 4 years
• Media and Cinema Studies (Bachelor, Media Studies) — €42,300/yr , 4 years
• Music Performance (Bachelor, Music Performance) — €42,500/yr , 4 years
• Biology (Bachelor, Biology) — €42,500/yr , 4 years
• Chemistry (Bachelor, Chemistry) — €42,500/yr , 4 years
• Physics (Bachelor, Physics) — €42,500/yr , 4 years
• Crop Sciences (Bachelor, Agricultural Science) — €41,500/yr , 4 years
• Agricultural and Biological Engineering (Bachelor, Agricultural Engineering) — €42,000/yr , 4 years
• Landscape Architecture (Bachelor, Landscape Architecture) — €42,500/yr , 4 years
• Architecture (Bachelor, Architecture) — €42,800/yr , 5 years
• Mathematics (Bachelor, Mathematics) — €42,500/yr , 4 years
• MSc Artificial Intelligence (Master, Artificial Intelligence) — €48,000/yr , 1 years
• MSc Data Science (Master, Data Science) — €48,000/yr , 1 years
• Master of Computer Science (Master, Computer Science) — €48,000/yr , 1 years
• MSc Mechanical Engineering (Master, Mechanical Engineering) — €47,500/yr , 1 years
• MSc Electrical Engineering (Master, Electrical Engineering) — €47,500/yr , 1 years
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) (Master, Business Administration) — €56,000/yr , 2 years
• MSc Accountancy (Master, Accounting) — €49,000/yr , 1 years
• MSc Finance (Master, Finance) — €48,500/yr , 1 years
• Master of Statistics (Master, Statistics) — €47,000/yr , 1 years
• Master of Actuarial Science (Master, Actuarial Science) — €47,500/yr , 1 years
• MA Journalism (Master, Journalism) — €46,500/yr , 1 years
• Master of Landscape Architecture (Master, Landscape Architecture) — €47,500/yr , 2 years
• Master of Architecture (Advanced) (Master, Architecture) — €47,800/yr , 2 years
• MSc Materials Science and Engineering (Master, Materials Science) — €47,500/yr , 1 years