Buildings are the face of the University of Illinois System.
Bricks-and-mortar has forged a unique identify for each of our three remarkable universities. Iconic landmarks old and new are magnets that help attract students and visitors alike, and then become the postcards that live forever in the mind’s eye.
But our facilities are so much more. They are cornerstones of our global reputation for excellence – essential tools that support the student experience, in the classroom and out, and the leading-edge research discovery that drives progress.
So we are investing in facilities as we reach toward the goals of our Strategic Framework, an ambitious roadmap that seeks to make the U of I System the gold standard for the very best in research-intensive higher education.
Over the last five years, we invested $1.2 billion in construction and renovation across the system, even as a budget impasse sharply reduced state funding.
Now, we are ramping up our efforts, setting priorities to do even more – to ensure state-of-the-art learning, laboratory and living spaces that keep pace with the quality of our academic and research programs and maintain our standing as a go-to destination for top students and faculty.
The system has an ambitious plan to ramp up investment on facilities. More than 300 projects totaling $4 billion are planned over the next decade from repairs and remodeling to new classroom buildings and laboratories.
Facilities are face of the U of I System, but they also are at the very heart of our core mission to serve students and the public good.
As Winston Churchill said: “We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.”
Learn more about what the future holds by visiting the master plans for each university:
https://go.uillinois.edu/Urbanamasterplan
https://go.uillinois.edu/UICmasterplan
https://go.uillinois.edu/UISmasterplan
Capital projects featured in the video include:
Chicago
Computer, Design, Research & Learning Center
Curtis Granderson Stadium
Engineering Innovation Building
New research facilities at Medical Services Building
Residence Hall and Learning Center
University Hall*
Urbana-Champaign
Bousfield Hall
Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
Chez Center for Wounded Veterans
Civil Engineering Hydrosystems Laboratory*
Electrical and Computer Engineering Building*
Everitt Laboratory*
Football Performance Center
Illinois Street Residence Halls Dining Hall*
Memorial Stadium*
Natural History Building*
State Farm Center*
Siebel Center for Design
Wassaja Hall
Springfield
Brookens Library*
Public Safety Building
Student Union
*renovation
