[52], In the 2012 rankings by the Institute of Higher Education in Shanghai, UIC tied for 51st–75th in the subject area of social sciences,[53] 76th–100th in the subject area of medicine,[54] and 101st–150th in the subject areas of life/agricultural sciences[55] and natural sciences and mathematics. In keeping with UIC culture, students often refer to residence halls by abbreviations instead of their full names (e.g. The university has approved a Climate Action Plan.[82]. Among other benefits, it provided educational funding, making college degrees far more attainable to a much-wider selection of the American public. That list ranked UIC 34th, tied with Caltech, among the top 50 U.S. graduate programs. Please see the program listing or contact the program for details. [63] Some of the later buildings in Netsch's design were not rectilinear (the Behavioral Sciences Building) and even irregularly shaped (Science and Engineering South, and the never-completed Art & Architecture building). Skip to the content of this page, In November 2006, UIC defeated Western Illinois 3–0 in the opening round of the NCAA tournament before falling in the second round to Notre Dame 1–0. Review your next steps to enrollment. Want to know more? [81] Recent work on Grant, Lincoln, and Douglas Halls included upgrading them to use geothermal heat pumps, which efficiently heat and cool the building. [28], One in ten Chicagoans with a college degree is a UIC alumnus. [49] In 2014, Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 University Rankings[50] (a comparison of universities less than 50 years old) placed UIC in the 3rd position in the U.S. and 13th in the world. For example, the area in front of the main administration building, University Hall, has been the site of several renovations in the last decade; and, Credit Union 1 Arena (formerly the UIC Pavilion, a sports arena) was added in 1982. The building consists of large lecture halls, smaller discussion section classrooms, meeting rooms, and student housing. Downtown Chicago is a 10-minute walk or a short CTA ride away. In exchange for agreeing to the Champaign-Urbana location, Chicago-area legislators were promised that a "polytechnical" branch would open in Chicago. The West Campus is in the heart of the Illinois Medical District where the University of Illinois Medical Center is located. [14], Daley succeeded in getting the state senate in 1951 to pass a bill calling for a Chicago campus. 1 Long Beach State in 2007 and No. From Rockford to Chicago to the Quad Cities, Peoria and the southern tip of Illinois, the University of Illinois System touches virtually every field, forest and city block in our state. Other campus renovations include the roof of the Behavioral Sciences Building and the terrace of the Education, Performing Arts, and Social Work building. Graduate and Professional Degree Programs, Interdepartmental Graduate Concentrations, Business Administration (Professional Program), Industrial Engineering/Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment, Occupational Therapy (Post-Professional Program), Polish, Russian, and Central and Eastern European Studies, Architecture, Design, and Arts section of the catalog, Architecture, Design, and Arts section of catalog, Business Administration section of the catalog, Liberal Arts and Sciences section of the catalog, Applied Health Sciences section of the catalog, College of Medicine section of the catalog, Urban Planning and Policy section of the catalog, Download PDF of the entire Graduate Catalog, Business Administration/Management Information Systems, Business Analytics/Business Administration, Business Analytics/Management Information Systems, Dental Medicine/Clinical and Translational Science, Integrated IBHE-Approved Certificate in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Doctor of Medicine (Residency Program), Medicine/Clinical and Translational Science, Supply Chain and Operations Management/Business Administration.