Department of Computer Science

CS@Illinois Overview

For more than 40 years, the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois has quietly led a revolution that has redefined the meaning of computing.  Our students and faculty have designed and built the world's fastest computers, created user interfaces that popularized the Internet and helped make distributed collaboration possible, and discovered solutions that make today's large scale, complex computing possible.

As we have done in the past, we continue to push the frontiers of the science of computing, and develop technologies that change our world for the better.

While the program is one of the nation's largest, we invite only the most promising individuals and provide them with the resources, guidance, and environment they need to excel.

Our research programs combine a breadth and depth of expertise second to none with a culture of multi-disciplinary collaborations that span the campus.  Excellence in computing research in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, the Coordinated Science Laboratory, Beckman Institute, the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, and many more units across campus, creates a total research effort in computing unmatched on any campus.

About the Department of Computer Science

• Home to 59 faculty members researching all aspects of computer science, from systems and networking to artificial intelligence, and from graphics and HCI to database systems and information retrieval
• CS alumni change the shape of the computing industry and distinguish themselves at all levels of computing.
• The $80 million Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science serves as a living laboratory to explore and evaluate emerging computing technologies.  The state-of-the-art education and research facility is one of the most advanced buildings on any campus.
• llinois excellence is embodied in our students.  Boasting the largest student chapter of ACM in the world, the department is home to a large and innovative student body.  Considered among the top in their field, our students bring an unmatched knowledge of the fundamentals, a passion for innovation, and a strong work ethic to the marketplace.