The website continues to show dramatic improvements in site performance post-migration.
The pageviews continues to increase from June to July by an overall 5.05% for 838,650 pageviews. The average time on the page also went up to 1.64% The bounce rate is holding strong at 1.14%.
When comparing to our numbers July 2021, the pageviews increased by 79.49% (838,650 vs 467,233) and the bounce rate has decreased 98%.
The University of Illinois Springfield Office of Web Services launched a new website design on the Drupal content management system, and migrated from WordPress a year ago June 1st. The goal of the update was to modernize the look and feel of the site, improve sharing capability of content and content architecture, audit content for accessibility and usability issues, resolve security related issues, and the improve site performance. All of these factors improve site rank on search engines, and boost our web presence.
The office of Web Services has scheduled website maintenance on the uis.edu from 10:00am to Noon on Monday, June 24, 2022. The website will be available to view but website editors will not have access during to login and make updates during this time. If you have any issues accessing or logging into the site after noon, please email webservices@uis.edu to report the issue.
Web & Digital Strategy
The Office of Web and Digital Strategy oversees the primary UIS website as well as the UIS mobile app. We design and develop web accessible, standards-compliant websites following the UIS Campus Web Policy and industry best practices.
The office of Web Services has scheduled website maintenance from 10:30am to Noon on Monday, June 13, 2022. Website editors will not have access during this time to make updates to the site. If you have any issues accessing or logging into the site after noon, please email webservices@uis.edu to report the issue.
Departments & Programs
At UIS, academic excellence meets practical experience. Learn more about our diverse and specialized programs that prepare you for success.
Graduate Education
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.
Contact Web Team
To request help from the Office of Web Services, please use our Website Project Request Form.
Many UIS faculty, staff, and students are involved in creating and maintaining official department websites.

