Our College

Collaborative. Diverse. World-class.

Founded in 1905, the College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is one of the first land-grant schools of education, revered for its groundbreaking research, preparation of educator-leaders and worldwide impact. U.S. News and World Report consistently ranks the College and its programs among the nation’s best. Home of the late Dr. Samuel Kirk, the “father of special education,” more than 80 tenure-system faculty, 2,000 plus undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and online students and over 36,000 proud alumni. Great Minds Think Education at Illinois.