Visit Our Campus

Discover UIS is an opportunity for prospective freshman, transfer, graduate and online students to interact with admission and other UIS staff/faculty, sit in on an overview of the university and admission, collect reference materials, and get questions answered.

Join us and learn more about:

• Why we were recognized as one of the top regional public universities in the Midwest for the last 13 years by US News and World Report's "America's Best Colleges."
• Merit scholarships
  • For freshmen ranging from $1,500 (or $5,000 for honors) to a full scholarship
  • For transfer students ranging from $1,500 to $3,000
  • For international students ranging from $2,000 to $4,000
• Over 300 privately-funded scholarships worth more than $575,000
• Out-of-state grants ranging up to $10,000
• Personal attention - 13:1 student-to-faculty ratio
• Diverse residence life options including residence halls, apartments, town homes, living learning communities, graduate and family housing