Welcome to the UIC College of Engineering!
The UIC College of Engineering brings together two properties that are often disconnected in higher education: excellence and accessibility. We seek to provide world-class preparation to students of all backgrounds in an urban setting, creating new opportunities for young engineers and contributing to diversity in the field.
UIC Facts
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#9 UIC's national rank for "best value" according to The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education.
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#10 UIC's national rank in U.S. News & World Report for social mobility.
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#28 UIC's campus ethnic diversity rank in U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges 2025 rankings.
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#39 UIC's public national universities rank in U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges 2025 rankings.
Get to know UIC's College of Engineering
Two new buildings
Driven by the college’s combination of accessibility and excellence, student enrollment at UIC Engineering has skyrocketed over the last decade. To keep pace—and to ensure that our students have access to top-tier facilities—we opened one new building in 2019 and the second one in 2025.
Strategic Plan
Under the leadership of Dean Lola Eniola-Adefeso, the College of Engineering launched a comprehensive and participatory strategic planning process to engage members of the extended community – faculty, staff, students, alumni, industry partners and UIC and University of Illinois system leaders – to harness the best ideas for shaping the College’s trajectory over the next five to ten years.
View our Strategic Plan
Advantages of a UIC Engineering Education
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Extraordinary value
The total cost for a UIC undergraduate engineering education is about $72,000—a third the price of the same degree at many private universities.
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Extraordinary dividends
More than half of UIC Engineering bachelor of science graduates report starting salaries between $70,000 and more than $100,000.
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Extraordinary location
Our students benefit from the full range of internships, job opportunities, startup incubators, and other resources of metropolitan Chicago.
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Guaranteed internships
UIC Engineering is home to a unique Early Access to Paid Internships Program (EAPIP) that places qualified students in compensated summer internships in UIC research laboratories.
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World-changing research
Supported by more than $174.3 million in grants, our faculty are working on research that stands to help clean our air, provide access to water, revolutionize battery technology, improve healthcare, sharpen data security, and address hundreds of other issues.
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Accomplished faculty
Our 215 faculty include 47 recipients of the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award. They hold 96 fellowships in professional societies and have received more than 81 teaching awards from UIC and other institutions.