Life in Engineering at Illinois

The University of Illinois is a large campus but you will find it easy to settle in, fit in, and make lifelong friends. When you apply to Engineering at Illinois, you will choose a home department. For many students, their home department becomes their core community. But every students is also involved in programs, organizations and activities in the College of Engineering, which is another community. The university is yet another community—on this Big Ten university campus, you will find hundreds of class options, more than 1,000 student organizations, and world-class sports and entertainment.

As a student in Engineering at Illinois, you can participate in: 

• academic support programs, including advising, tutoring and mentorship programs
• study abroad programs to more than 50 different countries 
• undergraduate research opportunities with world-class faculty members
• students design projects to solve real-world engineering problems
• student entrepreneurship opportunities to develop your inventions and ideas
• internships and co-ops with top engineering companies

• more than 50 professional and honor societies in engineering as well as more than 1,000 campus-wide student organizations. 

• Always Illinois, the professional social networking site for Illinois students, alumni