Illinois A Premier Study Destination

Study Illinois is a higher education
consortium dedicated to connecting Illinois
colleges and universities with international
students and international education and
training opportunities.
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.
Why Illinois?
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
Illinois State Flag
“The Prairie
State”
“The Land of
Lincoln”
Chicago: “The
Windy City”
• Population: 12,880,580
• (5th largest in the U.S.)
• Area: 57,915 miles2
• Capital: Springfield
GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY
Illinois Landscapes:
Downtown Chicago;
Illinois Cornfields;
Waterfalls, Starved Rock
State Park; Castle Rock
State Park;
Abraham Lincoln Home, part of the Abraham Lincoln National
Historic Site; The Old State Capitol in Springfield; Covered wagon,
Nauvoo
HISTORY
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
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
ILLINOIS Superlatives
• Best Architecture
• Big Business
• Big Ideas
• Nobel Prizes
•Outstanding Education!
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
Home of Inventions
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
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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
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Public Universities
Private Universities
Community Colleges
Intensive English Institutes
Professional Schools
Fine Arts
Specialized
International Students in Illinois
By the Numbers
• Fast Facts
#5
 Illinois is ranked
in the U.S. for the number
of International students
There are
Illinois
46,574 International students in
Open Doors Report 2015
1989-1990 1999-2000 2009-2010 2011-2012 2013-2014
16,816 22,807 31,093 35,920 42,527
2014-2015
46,574
International Students in the State
Institution
City
Total
University of Illinois at
Urbana
Urbana-Champaign
Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago
11,223
Northwestern University
4,329
Evanston
5,164
University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago
4,321
University of Chicago
3,530
Chicago
Institutions with the Highest Number of
International Students
For United States
Rank
Place of Origin
% Total
1
China
35.1
2
India
18.8
3
South Korea 7.7
4
Saudi
Arabia
Brazil
5
3.4
2.7
Leading Places of Origin
For Illinois
Kanye West
Grammy-Winning Musician
Walt Disney
American entrepreneur,
cartoonist, animator, voice
actor, and film producer.
Famous Illinoisans
Robin Williams
(1951-2014)
American Actor and Comedian
Graduates from Illinois Schools on the International Stage
Ang Lee, Academy
Award Winning Director
and Graduate of the
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Paul Simon, US
Congressman,
Author, and
International
Education Advocate
Valdas Adamkus, President of
Lithuania and Graduate of the
Illinois Institute of Technology
Jane Addams, Reformer and
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Hillary Rodham Clinton, First
Lady, Senator and Presidential
Candidate
Famous Illinoisans
Famous ILLINOISIANS
Georgia
O’Keefe
Orson Welles
Michael
Jordan
Oprah
Artist
Film Director
Basketball
Star
Television
Famous ILLINOIS Presidents
Barack Obama
Current U.S. President
Ronald Reagan
40th President
Abraham Lincoln
16th President
National University Rankings
National Liberal Arts Ranking
• University of Chicago (#4)
• Northwestern University (#12)
• University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign: (#41)
• Loyola University Chicago: (#99)
• Illinois Institute of Technology:
(#108)
• DePaul University (#123)
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Knox College (#72)
Augustana College(#105)
Wheaton College (#57)
Lake Forest College (#108)
Illinois Wesleyan University (#72)
U.S. News & World Report
Recognizes Study Illinois Member Schools
19th largest economy in the world
Home to over 30 fortune 500 companies
Corporate Headquarters in
Illinois
For more information, please visit
www.StudyIllinois.info