University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana/Champaign, IL
Web Site: www.illinois.edu
Available spaces for academic year 2014-2015: 10 students per year, 20 students of one semester
each, or any combination not exceeding 20 semester units. Due to space constraints, no more than 2
students from the same major in each semester. Also, up to 4 academic year students, 8 semester
students, or any combination not exceeding 8 semester units total may be accepted to engineering for
2014-1015; these can be in any department except electrical engineering and mechanical engineering.
** All of the information below is current for 2013-2014. Information for 2014-2015 will be available in
December 2013 on www.studyabroad.illinois.edu under “Incoming Exchange.”
Application Deadlines: March 1 (Fall Semester or Academic Year), September 1 (Spring Semester)
Costs: The USFQ exchange student at Illinois will incur the following estimated expenses:
USFQ Tuition (not registration fees) and airfare
Room and Board
On Campus: (20 meals equivalent per week): $10,636 per year / $5,318 per semester
Off Campus: RENT: $400-$600 per month, FOOD: $200-$400 per month, UTILITIES (such
as electricity, gas, heat, water, trash removal, and internet service): $100-$200 per month.
Miscellaneous Costs
Medical Insurance: $508 per year / $254 per semester
Health Service Fee: $462 per year / $231 per semester
Transportation Fee: $112 per year / $56 per semester
SORF (Student Organizations Resource Fund) Fee: $132 per year / $66 per semester
New International Student Orientation Fee: approx. $50
Orientation Accommodation: approx. $150 ($50 per night for 3 nights)
Books, supplies: $1,200 per year / $600 per semester
Additional personal expenses (e.g. clothing, entertainment, cultural activities, cell phone,
and items for dorm room): $3,600 per year / $1,800 per semester
Estimated total per year: USFQ Tuition + airfare + Room and Board + $6,214 (Misc. Costs)
Estimated total per semester: USFQ Tuition + airfare + Room and Board + $3,207 (Misc. Costs)
Requirements: TOEFL score IBT 79.
Information to obtain the visa: Students must prove that they have a bank account with the following
amount PER SEMESTER to cover all of their expenses during the exchange period: $8,450, minus the
amount of the scholarship they are awarded by USFQ. Therefore, if they are given a semester scholarship
of $1,000, their bank account must have at least $7,450.
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Nota: Los valores mencionados en el rubro de costos fueron proporcionados por cada universidad. Son
únicamente referencia y pueden variar
Number of students: 30,459 undergraduate; 10,505 graduate; total 40,964
Strengths: Engineering, Agriculture, Natural & Physical Sciences, and Humanities
Campus Programs: Click on the below link for a list of campus programs.
http://admissions.illinois.edu/academics/majors_college.html
Restrictions: The following programs are not available to students through this exchange:
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Department of Advertising (ADV courses)
College of Broadcast Journalism (JOUR courses)
College of Business (ACCY, BADM, and FIN courses)
Department of Bioengineering (College of Engineering)
Division of General Studies
Graduate College
School of Labor and Employment Relations (LER courses)
College of Law (LAW courses)
Graduate School of Library and Information Science (LIS courses)
College of Medicine
Technology and Information Management Program (TGMT courses)
College of Veterinary Medicine
Any internships, co-op programs, or teaching practicums in local schools
The following departments experience high enrollment pressure. Students interested in these
departments should be extremely flexible in their course choices:
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Architecture (College of Fine & Applied Arts) – limited access to studio classes
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (College of Engineering and College of LAS)
Chemistry (College of Library Arts & Sciences)
Economics (College of Library Arts & Sciences) – VERY limited enrollment
College of Education
Electrical and Computer Engineering (College of Engineering)
Kinesiology (College of Applied Health Sciences)
Landscape Architecture (College of Fine & Applied Arts)
Mechanical Science and Engineering (College of Engineering)
Political Science (College of Library Arts & Sciences)
Sociology (College of Library Arts & Sciences)
Nota: Los valores mencionados en el rubro de costos fueron proporcionados por cada universidad. Son
únicamente referencia y pueden variar