Informatics has an interdisciplinary research, education, and community engagement mission that spans the entire campus. They support and encourage research projects and education programs that involve applications of computing and information in areas from the natural sciences, engineering, and business to the humanities and social sciences.

Illinois Center for Transportation steers the development and implementation of cost-effective mobility technologies, improves safety and reliability, reduces congestion, and minimizes environmental impacts while returning taxpayers’ dollars.

I-STEM fosters accessible, effective STEM teaching and learning—from preschool through graduate education—at local, state, and national levels, thereby preparing a highly able citizenry and diverse STEM workforce to tackle pressing global challenges.

The Health Care Engineering Systems Center (HCESC) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign provides clinical immersion and fosters collaboration between engineers and physicians. They design collaborative solutions to improve health care outcomes utilizing our expertise in simulation technologies, smart health systems, data analytics, human factors, and medical robotics.

CEME is dedicated to enhance education, technology, understanding, and research activities on the fundamental topic of electric machinery. The center is nurturing a new generation of engineers for contributions to rotating electric machines and electromechanics through specialized training and experiences at all levels of higher education.

The Materials Research Lab (MRL) fosters interdisciplinary research at the forefront of materials science by bringing together world-class faculty, staff, postdocs, students, and industry in materials science, condensed matter physics, and materials chemistry in a highly-collaborative, progressive research environment.

The Family Resiliency Center is a transdisciplinary research and policy center that addresses grand societal challenges associated with food and family. FRC is a leader in translating research into practical information for policymakers, providers, and families and in educating the next generation of researchers, practitioners, and community leaders. The center is housed in Doris Kelley Christopher Hall, a state-of-the-art research and education facility on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

Founded in 1998, the European Union Center serves as the focal point for teaching, research, and outreach on Europe and the European Union at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The EU Center's sponsored projects, affiliated faculty, academic programs, and outreach and public engagement activities foreground interdisciplinary, inclusive, and international perspectives on issues impacting Europe as a geographic and cultural space over time.

eDream draws upon the University of Illinois's strength as a leader in science and engineering as well as its internationally recognized faculty and programs in the arts, humanities, and social sciences to reimagine creative productions, technologies, expressions and their potential for positive impact on our communities and cultures. They bring together artists, scholars, and technical innovators from many disciplines, diverse perspectives to realize the dream of arts futures in present practice.