Founded in 1859, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is one of the 10 largest state universities in the United States.

The University of Illinois System is a system that consists of the three public Illinois universities: Chicago, Springfield, and Urbana-Champaign.

UIC is now the largest university in Chicago, its 16 academic colleges serve more than 31,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students.

UIC is one of 130 institutions that is classified as "Research 1" universities in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.