Study Illinois is a higher education

consortium dedicated to connecting Illinois

colleges and universities with international

students and international education and

training opportunities.

Why Illinois?

Location

Illinois offers an excellent location in the heart of the United States, making it a major

transportation hub, giving residents a taste of all four seasons and offering both city

life and natural beauty.

History

Illinois is composed of immigrants from many nations, making it one of the most

demographically diverse states in the world. Illinois is home to Chicago, which has

played an integral role in global economics and business through the birth,

development and evolution of the economic futures and options markets.

Education

STUDY ILLINOIS colleges and universities offer thousands of degrees to choose

from, and Illinois campuses range from small private colleges in quiet rural locations

to large vertical campuses in big-city settings.

Where is Illinois?

Illinois Geography

A Great State in the

Heartland of the USA

Friendly “Midwestern

Values”

Reasonable Cost of Living

Diversity in Geography

and People

Outstanding Educational

Opportunities

Illinois Trivia

• Population: 12,880,580• (5th largest in the U.S.)

• Area: 57,915 miles2

• Capital: Springfield

Illinois State Flag

“The Land of

Lincoln”

“The Prairie

State”

Chicago: “The

Windy City”

GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY

Illinois Landscapes: Downtown Chicago; Illinois Cornfields; Waterfalls, Starved Rock State Park; Castle Rock State Park;

HISTORY

Abraham Lincoln Home, part of the Abraham Lincoln National Historic Site; The Old State Capitol in Springfield; Covered wagon, Nauvoo

CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Cultural Diversity: (L-R) St. Andrew Highland Games; Mexican Culture in Chicago; Native American dance at Cahokia Mounds State Historical Site, Collinsville; Blues performer in Chicago

ILLINOIS Superlatives

• Best Architecture

• Big Business

• Big Ideas

• Nobel Prizes

•Outstanding Education!

Home of Inventions

Deep Dish Pizza (1943)

Ferris Wheel (1893)

Skyscrapers (1884)

The Pinball Machine

First successful open heart surgery -1893

First use of an incubator - 1922

First successful liver transplant - 1989

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Illinois technology: (L-R) the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at UIUC; Fermilab in Batavia, with its accelerators, neutrons, quarks, and antiprotons; Argonne National Laboratory, the nation's first national laboratory

ILLINOIS: The State of Science• More than 75 Nobel Prize Winners

• Over 20 Incubators for business, science and technology

• The Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII)

• World’s Largest Urban Medical District • Includes 40 health-care related facilities

• Around $13 billion invested in R&D (Illinois Innovation Network)

Chicago

Largest Illinois City

Chicago Superlatives

• World’s Largest Tiffany Dome: Chicago Cultural Center

• World’s Largest Illuminated Fountain: Buckingham Fountain

• World’s Largest Modern Art Museum: Museum of Contemporary Art

• World’s Largest Food Festival: Taste of Chicago

Chicago Architecture

ILLINOIS Education Diversity

• Public Universities

• Private Universities

• Community Colleges

• Intensive English Institutes

• Professional Schools

• Fine Arts

• Specialized

International Students in Illinois

By the Numbers

• Fast Facts

Illinois is ranked #5 in the U.S. for the number

of International students

There are 46,574 International students in

Illinois

Open Doors Report 2015

International Students in the State

1989-1990 1999-2000 2009-2010 2011-2012 2013-2014

16,816 22,807 31,093 35,920 42,527

2014-2015

46,574

Institutions with the Highest Number of

International Students

Institution City Total

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana 11,223

Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago 5,164

Northwestern University Evanston 4,329

University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago 4,321

University of Chicago Chicago 3,530

Leading Places of Origin

Rank Place of Origin % Total

1 China 35.1

2 India 18.8

3 South Korea 7.7

4 Saudi

Arabia

3.4

5 Brazil 2.7

For United States

For Illinois

Famous Illinoisans

Walt DisneyAmerican entrepreneur,

cartoonist, animator, voice

actor, and film producer.

Kanye WestGrammy-Winning Musician

Robin Williams (1951-2014)

American Actor and Comedian

Graduates from Illinois Schools on the International Stage

Paul Simon, US

Congressman,

Author, and

International

Education Advocate

Valdas Adamkus, President of

Lithuania and Graduate of the

Illinois Institute of Technology

Ang Lee, Academy

Award Winning Director

and Graduate of the

University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign

Famous Illinoisans

Jane Addams, Reformer and Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady, Senator and Presidential Candidate

Georgia O’Keefe

Artist

Orson Welles Film Director

Michael Jordan

Basketball Star

Oprah Television

Famous ILLINOISIANS

Famous ILLINOIS Presidents

Barack Obama

Current U.S. President

Ronald Reagan

40th President

Abraham Lincoln

16th President

U.S. News & World Report Recognizes Study Illinois Member Schools

National University Rankings

• University of Chicago (#4)

• Northwestern University (#12)

• University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign: (#41)

• Loyola University Chicago: (#99)

• Illinois Institute of Technology:

(#108)

• DePaul University (#123)

National Liberal Arts Ranking

• Knox College (#72)

• Augustana College(#105)

• Wheaton College (#57)

• Lake Forest College (#108)

• Illinois Wesleyan University (#72)

Corporate Headquarters in

Illinois

19th largest economy in the world

Home to over 30 fortune 500 companies

For more information, please visit

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