From 1970 to 1994-1995, the university was called Sangamon State University. The legislative body was known as University Assembly, and their pieces of legislation were termed "bills."

In 1995-1996, Sangamon State University became University of Illinois at Springfield. The legislative body was renamed Campus Senate, and their pieces of legislation are termed "resolutions."

Voting in the spring 2022 Campus Senate elections began on Monday, April 18, and closed on Friday, April 22 at 5:00 p.m.

Future Senate election information will be posted on this page.

The Campus Senate is a legislative body composed of twenty faculty, five students and three student alternates, one civil service staff member and one civil service alternate, one academic professional and one academic professional alternate, and one administrator. The Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs serves as an ex-officio, non-voting member.

Article I, section 4 of the Constitution of the Senate (PDF) reads, in part:

About the Senate

The University of Illinois Statutes, Article II, Section I, provide for a senate to be constituted at each campus of the University, to exercise legislative functions in matters of educational policy, such as requirements for admission to colleges and schools, requirements for degrees and certificates, and the academic calendar.

Welcome to Graduate Education at UIS

We are pleased that you have chosen to explore our graduate degree and certificate programs.  More than 40% of UIS students are engaged in graduate study, and most were attracted to UIS by an impressive combination of factors that include educational quality, value and campus location and setting.