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

LAS News & Events Heading link

Jan 23 2025

Young Richard Kim, Classics and Mediterranean Studies and History, “Cyprus and the Historiography of Late Antiquity”

Thursday, 4:00 pm–5:30 pm
Institute for the Humanities, 153 Behavioral Sciences Building
Feb 5 2025

LAS Distinguished Professor: Tarini Bedi

Wednesday, 3:30 pm–5:00 pm
Student Center East Cardinal Room
Feb 19 2025

Sultan Tepe, Political Science, “Regulating Morality: State and Censorship in Authoritarian Regimes”

Wednesday, 4:00 pm–5:30 pm
Institute for the Humanities, 153 Behavioral Sciences Building
Feb 26 2025

LAS Faculty Research Symposium - From Atoms to Astronomy

Wednesday, 9:00 am–6:00 pm
Student Center East (SCE) Illinois Rooms
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences students smiling and in front of blue background with hand drawn graphics.

Stories from atLAS Heading link

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.