World-class research facilities located on the Urbana campus attract the brightest students and the best faculty members.  The newest addition, the cutting-edge Institute for Genomic Biology, will house up to 400 researchers in three main fields: Systems Biology, Cellular and Metabolic Engineering, and Genome Technology.

The University’s reputation for excellence has been built, in part, on robust interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research.  One of the pioneering centers for such collaborative efforts is the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology where eighteen research groups from sixteen departments work within and across three broadly defined themes: biological intelligence, human-computer intelligent interaction, and molecular and electronic nanostructures. 

At Illinois, research shapes the campus identity, stimulates classroom instruction and serves as a springboard for public engagement activities throughout the world. Opportunities abound for graduate students to develop independent projects and launch their own careers as researchers while working alongside faculty and assisting in their research. Illinois continues its long tradition of groundbreaking accomplishments with remarkable new discoveries and achievements that inspire and enrich the lives of people around the world.

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