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Illinois has tremendous breadth and depth in academics, with more than 150 undergraduate and more than 100 graduate and professional programs. A preeminent faculty propels many academic programs to be ranked among the best in the world. This emphasis on campuswide academic excellence has built Illinois' reputation as one of the nation's premier public universities.

We are considered a "Public Ivy" and measured comprehensively as one of the top 20 major research universities in the United States by a Graham-Diamond Report.

In its 2012 listings, U.S. News & World Report ranked our undergraduate program 45th among nationally accredited universities and 13th among nationally accredited public universities. Our graduate program had 60 disciplines ranked within the top 30 nationwide, including 23 within the top five. U.S. News & World Report ranked our undergraduate and graduate Accounting programs 2nd and 4th respectively in the United States in their 2011 rankings; both programs had been ranked 1st at the same time in previous years. Our College of Business as a whole was ranked 12th nationally. Our College of Engineering was ranked 5th at the graduate level, with 14 disciplines ranked within the top ten. Chemistry and Physics were also ranked within the top ten at the graduate level. Our College of Education has six programs ranked within the top ten. While our Graduate School of Library and Information Science was ranked 1st, with five programs ranked within the top ten.

Additionally, many of our arts programs were ranked within the first quartile, such as Architecture and Fine Arts. Others, like Computer Science, Material Science, Agricultural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Accounting, Finance, and Psychology have become our most visibly distinguished departments. And The School of Labor and Employment Relations is ranked consistently within the top two in the nation, behind only Cornell University.

International rankings by The Institute of Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University suggest that we are the 19th best university in North America, and 25th best university in the world. The Academic Ranking of World Universities by Broad Subject Fields from the same research center in 2008 positions Illinois in 3rd for Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences in the world. We are ranked 19th for Life and Agriculture Sciences, 20th for Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and 51st for Social Sciences. In 2012, we were ranked 56th in the world by QS World University Rankings, increasing our position from the 2009 THE-QS World University Rankings. However, we have been ranked within the top 40 in the past.

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