College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Psychology Building at the University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign | |
Former names | Illinois Industrial University est. 1868 College of Literature and Arts est. 1872 College of Science est. 1894 |
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| Type | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Established | 1913 |
| Affiliation | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
| Dean | Venetria K. Patton |
Academic staff | 640 |
| Students | 14,490 |
| Undergraduates | 11,935 |
| Postgraduates | 2,564 |
| Location | , Illinois , United States 40°6′24″N 88°13′42″W / 40.10667°N 88.22833°W |
| Website | las |
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) is the largest college of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The college was established in 1913 through the merger of the College of Literature and Arts and the College of Science. The college offers seventy undergraduate majors, as well as master's and Ph.D. programs. As of 2020, there are nearly 12,000 undergraduate students and 2,500 graduate students attending the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.