Welcome to LAS
Whatever your questions, whatever answers you seek,
there is a place for you in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Congratulations on your admission to LAS!
Where will your curiosity take you?
Is it possible to cure cancer? How? What lessons can we learn from the ancient world to make a better present day? I have this love for language, but how do I make a career of it? Why do individuals behave differently from one another? How can I contribute to important issues like conservation and human rights?
Choosing a college to attend can be intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. At the core of this decision is a question—a question that lives deep inside of you. Maybe it keeps you up at night or puzzles you while you’re in class. Maybe you’re reminded of it during your favorite club or when you’re out with your friends.
As a student in the College of LAS at Illinois, you’ll get to explore those individual questions. And you’ll discover their answers through your own research, creativity, and growth. Your journey of investigating what you find most important will set you up for success, so that you go on and change your world.
What are you waiting for? You have questions—seek your answers in LAS.
Hear from current students
WONDERING ABOUT LIFE AT ILLINOIS? Check out the LAS Insider blog, follow us on LAS social media, and see the typical day in the life of a student to get an inside look at a student life, get application tips, and much more.
LAS Insider blog
HEAR DIRECTLY FROM CURRENT STUDENTS & RECENT GRADS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE COLLEGE OF LAS.
No one knows the LAS experience better than current students. In the LAS Insider blog, students and alumni share their personal stories and insights throughout the academic year at the University of Illinois. Get an inside look at what it's like to be a student in the College of LAS.
Stroll around the Quad
A stroll from Foellinger Auditorium to the Illini Union is comprised of exactly 940 feet and will become your home away from home at UIUC. Allow our students and professors to give you a sneak-peak of this sacred campus space in our 940 Feet Series.
Join LAS students Alyssa (atmospheric sciences), Caitlin (Spanish), Ryan (chemistry and political science), and Zahraa (sociology) as they explain their experience in LAS.
Corinne, a senior majoring in atmospheric sciences and minoring in geography and geographic informational sciences (GGIS), takes us through a typical day at UIUC.
Tag along with Zoe, a junior majoring in chemistry and psychology, as she takes us through a typical day as a student at the University of Illinois during the fall semester.
Join Irene, an undergraduate in mathematics, as she takes us through a day in her life as a student at the University of Illinois College of LAS.
Astronomy major and international student Shreya shows her typical day as a freshmen at UIUC.
Issy, a senior in English, political science, and Latina/Latino studies, shows her typical day as a humanities student in the College of LAS.
Tag along with Bianca, a junior majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology, as she takes us through a typical day as a UIUC student.
Maaz, a senior majoring in molecular & cellular biology, takes us through his typical day in the College of LAS.
A dozen students share their favorite thing about being a student at UIUC.
New LAS students share the reasons they're excited to be at Illinois.
Freshmen share the classes they're excited to take during their first semester.
Tag along with University of Illinois student Skyler—an international student majoring in psychology and sociology—as she takes us through a typical day at UIUC.
Staff and faculty in the College of LAS are committed to providing a world-class experience for students.