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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

Students discussing soil findings in Earth and Environmental Sciences lab
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
Feb 19 2026

Steven Vladeck: The Rise of the Supreme Court's "Shadow Docket," and Why It Matters

Thursday, 11:00 am–12:15 pm
Feb 19 2026

Justin Quang Nguyen Phan, Assistant Professor, Global Asian Studies, “Embodied Nonalignment: Vietnamese Diasporic Aesthetics and Cold War Mediations”

Thursday, 4:00 pm–6:00 pm
Institute for the Humanities, 153 Behavioral Sciences Building
Mar 2 2026

Gender and Women's Studies Feminist Book Party

Monday, 5:00 pm–6:30 pm
Institute for the Humanities, BSB Suite 153
Mar 3 2026

Richard Hasen: Unbent Arc: American Democracy 1964-2024

Tuesday, 11:00 am–12:15 pm
Mar 4 2026

LAS Distinguished Professor: Jennifer Brier

Wednesday, 3:30 pm–6:00 pm
Student Center East Cardinal Room
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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.
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