The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a leading center
for graduate education in the nation. A distinguished graduate faculty
of approximately 2,200 members supervises and guides graduate students
in research, scholarship, and teaching.
The University is the home of numerous national centers conducting
research across many disciplines, including supercomputing,
engineering, education, genetics, and the arts.
The Graduate College is an administrative unit that has
jurisdiction over all programs leading to advanced degrees. The
Graduate College develops and safeguards standards of graduate work
and promotes and assists research by faculty members and graduate
students in all fields.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign enrolls
approximately 9,000 graduate students and offers advanced degrees in
more than 100 fields of study. In addition to the M.A. or M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees offered in many disciplines, a number of departments
offer work leading to other graduate degrees. Among these are master's
and doctoral degrees in professional and performing arts fields and
various master's degrees in teaching.
Descriptions of these degrees are given in the appropriate
departmental sections of this Graduate Programs catalog. More detailed
descriptions of graduate programs and the requirements for the degrees
may be obtained from the individual departments.
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