Grainger College of Engineering
engineering college of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The Grainger College of Engineering is the engineering school of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The College was established in 1868 and is considered as one of the original units of the school.
In 2019, the College of Engineering was renamed the Grainger College of Engineering, after the Grainger Foundation donated US$100 million as the latest of its US$300 million in donations to the college.
The Siebel School of Computing and Data Science was established in 2024 and is part of the Grainger College of Engineering.
Campus
The College of Engineering is located at the northern terminus of the University of Illinois, occupying the Bardeen Quadrangle, the Beckman Quadrangle, and many nearby areas.
The Engineering Hall was built in 1894, and is the oldest surviving building on the Engineering portion of campus. It was designed by George Bullard, a university alumnus, and is an example of the Renaissance Revival style of architecture.
The Bardeen Quad is home to the Grainger Engineering Library. The building cost just under $30 million and has 135,000 square feet (13,000 m²) of floor space.
Departments
There are 12 departments within the College of Engineering.
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