The Illinois engineering campus balances a sense of history with the need for state-of-the-art facilities. The mix of new, modernized, and stately buildings and grounds that makes this one of the most appealing engineering campuses in the nation.
Map of College of Engineering campus (.pdf)
To highlight just a few facilities that students talk about:
- a new Engineering Student Projects Lab for interdisciplinary student projects
- the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center—not only the largest U.S. engineering library, but also the most technologically advanced
- located on the 4th floor of Grainger Engineering Library, the Center for Academic Resources in Engineering (CARE) is a state-of-the-art facility provides innovative learning and resources for all engineering students
- annually upgraded computer labs and workstations
- a “smart building” for the Computer Science Department
The engineering campus includes the John Bardeen Quadrangle and Memorial Garden, named for the only two-time winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Bardeen served on the College of Engineering faculty from 1951-1991.
Undergraduates can join research teams and work alongside world-renown faculty members in state-of-the-art research laboratories. These research teams are working on some of society's most pressing and important problems.
Students also work on their own ideas in design classes, student organizations and college programs. For example, the Technology Entrepreneur Center offers courses and activities for engineering and technology students interested in technology commercialization and entrepreneurship. The TEC manages the annual Lemelson-Illinois Student Prize, a competition that awards $30,000 for outstanding innovation and invention, the Cozad New Venture Competition, where interdisciplinary student teams compete for start-up funds for new ventures, and many other student activities.
Many students also gain research experience at the University of Illinois Research Park, which houses a variety of corporations and start-up companies.
