University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Public University in Illinois

The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a public research-intensive university in the U.S. state of Illinois. A land-grant university, it is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system. The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (founded, 1867) is the second oldest public university in the state (after Illinois State University),

and is a founding member of the Big Ten Conference. The campus library system possesses the second-largest university library in the United States after Harvard University.

Address                        Champaign, IL, United States

Former names	Illinois Industrial University (1867–1885) University of Illinois (1885–1982)
Motto	Learning and Labor
Established	1867
Type	Public flagship Land-grant Sea-grant Space-grant
Endowment	$1.925 billion
Chancellor	Phyllis Wise
Provost	Ilesanmi Adesida
Academic staff	2,548
Administrative staff	7,801
Students	44,520
Undergraduates	32,281
Postgraduates	12,239
Location	Urbana and Champaign (Champaign-Urbana), Illinois, USA
Campus	Urban 4,552 acres (1,842 ha)
Colors	Illinois Blue      Illinois Orange
Athletics	NCAA Division I FBS – Big Ten
Sports	21 varsity teams (10 men's, 11 women's)
Nickname	Fighting Illini
Mascot	None Previously Chief Illiniwek (1926–2007)
Affiliations	University of Illinois system AAU CIC APLU URA
Website	illinois.edu