University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Summary

University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign is a public research university^[1]. It draws 3,380 Wikipedia views per month (public_research_university category, ranking #21 of 166).^[2]

Key Facts

• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign was a member of Big Ten Conference^[3].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign was a member of ORCID, Inc.^[4].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign was a member of Digital Library Federation^[5].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign was a member of Association of Research Libraries^[6].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign was a member of Big Ten Academic Alliance^[7].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign was a member of World Wide Web Consortium^[8].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign is located in Champaign^[9].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign is located in Urbana^[10].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign is located in Champaign County^[11].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign is located in Illinois^[12].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign is located in Champaign Township^[13].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign is located in Urbana Township^[14].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign is in the country of United States^[15].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign's instance of is recorded as public research university^[16].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign's instance of is recorded as land-grant university^[17].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign's instance of is recorded as public educational institution of the United States^[18].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign's postal code is recorded as 61820-5711^[19].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign's child organization or unit is recorded as Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign^[20].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign's child organization or unit is recorded as Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology^[21].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign's child organization or unit is recorded as Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign^[22].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign's child organization or unit is recorded as Graduate College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign^[23].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign's child organization or unit is recorded as Grainger Center for Electric Machinery and Electromechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign^[24].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign's child organization or unit is recorded as Illinois Space Grant Consortium^[25].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign's child organization or unit is recorded as Materials Research Laboratory^[26].
• University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign's child organization or unit is recorded as Marching Illini^[27].

Body

Founding

1867 marks the founding of University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign^[28].

Operations

University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign's parent organization or unit is recorded as University of Illinois system^[29]. Subsidiaries include Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign^[20]; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology^[21], a fixed construction^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1983^[32]; Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign^[22]; Graduate College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign^[23]; Grainger Center for Electric Machinery and Electromechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign^[24]; and Illinois Space Grant Consortium^[25], an organization^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1989^[35].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign include ILLIAC I^[36], a list of vacuum tube computers^[37], founded in 1952^[38] and University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License^[39], a permissive free software license^[40], founded in 2001^[41].

Why It Matters

University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign draws 3,380 Wikipedia views per month (public_research_university category, ranking #21 of 166).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] It is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for it include ILLIAC I^[36], a list of vacuum tube computers^[37], founded in 1952^[38] and University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License^[39], a permissive free software license^[40], founded in 2001^[41].