As the largest undergraduate college at UIC, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) offers a diverse community of actively engaged scholars and students across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, as well as interdisciplinary and pre-professional areas of study.

 

Here, you can choose from more than 40 liberal arts and science majors and minors, compete for internships, study abroad, and more. Through first-year seminars, in-depth career services, and tutoring and learning centers for language, math, writing, and science, we offer a supportive learning community that helps students achieve their goals. Every student has access to a personal academic advisor beginning with New Student Orientation and continuing until graduation.

  • Opportunity High-quality academic instruction from approximately 350 tenure-track faculty members

  • Discovery Conduct original research under faculty mentorship through the LAS Undergraduate Research Initiative (LASURI)

  • Success Free first-year lectures and learning and tutoring centers that are open to all UIC students

May 1 2025

Joseph S. Begando Lecture: Medicine in Horror/Horror in Medicine, “It was always the scene with the lumbar needle and not the exorcism”

Thursday, 1:30 pm–3:00 pm
UIC College of Medicine Research Building, Moss Auditorium
May 1 2025

End of Year Celebration | Gender and Women's Studies

Thursday, 5:00 pm–6:30 pm
Institute for the Humanities
May 2 2025

Department of Chemistry 60th Anniversary and Reunion

Friday, 2:30 pm–8:00 pm
May 11 2025

Spring 2025 Commencement Ceremony

Sunday, 10:00 am–12:00 pm
UIC Credit Union 1 Arena
Jul 21 2025

Black Midwest Initiative (BMI) Summer Institute

Monday 21st, 9:00 am–Friday 25th, 5:00 pm
Institute for the Humanities
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences students smiling and in front of blue background with hand drawn graphics.
Explore a collection of stories from our LAS community, featuring firsthand accounts from students, faculty, and staff who bring the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to life.
English student Dazalyn Moreno wears wire rimmed glasses and colorful blazer

“LAS has allowed me to be my true self with my friends and to grow into the person I am today. I am beyond grateful I can call myself a UIC alumni.”

Dazalyn  |  2024 Alumni