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

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World-class education. Groundbreaking research.

Check out the latest issue of our LAS Faculty Research Bulletin, where we highlight the questions that inspire our faculty, push the boundaries of research, and showcase what makes us proud of our community.

Read the Bulletin
Sep 16 2026

Undergrad Research Open House

Wednesday, 12:00 pm–2:00 pm
Institute for the Humanities, BSB 153
Sep 22 2026

Online Master of Arts in Communication | Virtual Info Session: Program Overview

Tuesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Sep 30 2026

Humanities and Cultural Crawl

Wednesday, 12:00 am–2:00 pm
Behavioral Sciences Building (BSB)
Oct 1 2026

The Borders of América: Authoritarianism, Border Regimes, and Migrant Resistance

Thursday, 9:30 am–1:00 pm
Institute for the Humanities, 153 Behavioral Sciences Building
Oct 2 2026

50 Years of Chicana/o, Women’s, and Oral History: Honoring the Legacy of Dr. Louise Año Nuevo Kerr

Friday, 9:00 am–5:00 pm
Institute for the Humanities, 153 Behavioral Sciences Building
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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.