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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Grainger College of Engineering
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Study and conduct research with top scientists in the field and graduate with a degree from one of the most prestigious Materials Science departments in the nation. 

Hoffmann: Heat reveals hidden magnetic secrets

News | January 7, 2021

Prospective Undergraduates: Recorded information webinar available

News | December 10, 2020

Jianjun Cheng elected to National Academy of Inventors

News | December 9, 2020

Imaging Liquid Solvation Layers at the Atomic Scale

News | December 6, 2020

Researchers confront optics and data-transfer challenges with 3D-printed lens

News | December 4, 2020

Undergraduate student Omar Alshangiti awarded Rhodes Scholarship

News | November 24, 2020

Paul Braun and Nancy Sottos elected AAAS Fellows

News | November 24, 2020

Kayla Nguyen, a postdoctoral scholar in the Huang group, has received the L'Oreal Fellowship for Women in Science

News | November 19, 2020

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#2

ranked undergraduate program

2nd largest

materials department in the nation

11,000

sq ft of undergraduate labs with cutting-edge equipment

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Upcoming Events

January
25

First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

January
25

MatSE Colloquium

4:00 PM
January
26

I-MRSEC Seminar - "Controlling spins in 2D"

9:00 AM
 

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