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Visiting MechSE
With enrollments in excess of 39,000, the undergraduate, graduate and professional students of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign represent more than 25 percent of the combined populations of the University, Urbana (approximately 37,000) and Champaign (approximately 75,000). The University and its surrounding community offer numerous opportunities for cultural activities, sports and fitness and outdoor recreation.
Urbana-Champaign offers big-city amenities with small-town traffic. The twin cities are centrally located among Chicago (just 135 miles away), St. Louis (180 miles away) and Indianapolis (125 miles away), making for easy travel to just about anywhere in the world. Direct flights to the University's Willard Airport are available from Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Detroit.
Use these useful links to learn more about the quality of life in Urbana-Champaign:
- Champaign Park District
- Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District
- Champaign-Urbana Symphony
- City of Champaign
- City of Urbana
- Community, Dining, and Night Life Guide
- The Daily Illini
- Foellinger Auditorium
- Japan House
- Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
- Krannert Art Museum
- The News-Gazette
- Orpheum Children's Science Museum
- Parkland Community College
- Spurlock Museum
- The Station Theater
- Urbana Park District
- Willard Airport
Planning to visit MechSE? Find driving directions here.