Every one of the nearly 650 faculty members in the College of LAS conducts research. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is an R1 research university and our faculty members are integral part of the campus' research activity.
Research
Our faculty members are leading their fields and generating new knowledge thanks to cutting-edge research in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences. They earned $71.4 million in grant funding during the 2018-19 school year. They're also contributing to the campus' interdisciplinary research institutes:
- 83 at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
- 117 at the Carl R. Woese Institute of Genomic Biology
- 10 at the Humanities Research Institute
- 6 at the Institute of Sustainability, Energy, and the Environment
- 21 at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications
LAS faculty members have been honored for their excellence in research with the National Medal of Science, Guggenheim Fellowships, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships, Nobel Laureate, Pulitzer Prize, and memberships to the National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The college prides itself on an interdisciplinary and collaborative environment that allows broader thought and inventive ideas in all three of its main research areas.
Undergraduates are encouraged to design their careers by researching alongside our faculty members. Many graduate students conduct research, publish papers, and write theses and dissertations while studying at the University of Illinois.
Hear from some of the college’s most distinguished members.
