Institute of Aviation
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UIUC Programs of Study.
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Errors may have also been introduced in the conversion to a WWW
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Willard Airport
One Willard Road
Savoy, IL 61874
Contents
Introduction
The Institute of Aviation is
responsible for the promotion and correlation of education and research
activities related to aviation at the University. Its director has the
advice and assistance of an executive committee. The institute holds
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airman Examining (Pilot) Agency
Certificate Number 1, which permits it to issue pilot certificates and
ratings to its graduates on behalf of the FAA. A professional pilot
curriculum includes training from the private pilot level to the
airline-transport pilot level.
Typically, new freshmen are
accepted for admission only for the fall semester, but a few students are
accepted for the spring semester. Transfer to the Institute of Aviation
from within the University may be accomplished as space
permits.
A graduating institute student
may transfer to any degree-granting division of the University to complete
requirements for a degree in that division. This may require from four to
six additional semesters. A University student outside the Institute of
Aviation may elect flight courses with the permission of his or her
department and the permission of the Institute of Aviation.
Special fees ranging from $943
to $4,364 are charged for a course involving flight training in addition to
the estimated costs.
These fees are subject to change as
operating costs change.
The institute's Aviation
Research Laboratory conducts interdisciplinary research in many areas
related to flight. The institute manages Willard Airport, located six miles
southwest of the Urbana-Champaign campus. The airport also provides the
University and the community with excellent air transportation
facilities.
Requirements
ADMISSIONS
Applicants must meet general
University requirements as well as
those specified by the Institute of
Aviation. Additional units in physics, mathematics, and the social sciences
are recommended.
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