University of Illinois Springfield is dedicated to fully engaging students in the process of active teaching and learning, offering degrees that are relevant to student personal and professional success across a lifetime, and providing students with a distinctive academic experience by harnessing interdisciplinary synergies in teaching, research, and outreach.
We offer degree-granting programs in the following four colleges:
College of Business and Management

The AACSB accredited UIS College of Business and Management’s mission is to prepare students for successful business related careers in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors.
Departments
College of Education and Human Services

The College of Education and Human Services prepares students for careers as social workers, teachers, counselors, administrators, gerontologists, public professionals and researchers.
Departments
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences aspires to teach students in a transformative environment that stimulates engagement with ideas, each other, and the world.
Departments
- African-American Studies
- Allied Health
- Art, Music and Theatre
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Communication
- Computer Science
- English and Modern Languages
- History
- Liberal and Integrative Studies
- Mathematical Sciences
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Sociology/Anthropology
- Women and Gender Studies
College of Public Affairs and Administration

The College of Public Affairs and Administration is dedicated to the belief that effective public affairs education, significant public affairs scholarship, and active service to the community will improve government and public policy in Illinois, the nation and the world.
Departments
- Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Environmental Studies
- Legal Studies
- Political Science
- Public Administration
- Public Affairs Reporting
- Public Health