Established in 1957, Southern Illinois University is a multicampus
university comprising two institutions, Southern Illinois University
Carbondale (SIUC), with a School of Medicine at Springfield and a
campus in Niigata, Japan, and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
(SIUE), with a School of Dental Medicine at Alton and a center in
East St. Louis.
Today, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a major public
university, offering a broad choice of degrees and programs ranging
from career-oriented fields of study to the essential, more traditional,
liberal arts. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville serves the
most populous region of downstate Illinois. The campus is located
in the eastern metropolitan St. Louis area; most SIUE students live
and work in the industrial and agricultural counties of Metro-East.
The University awards degrees in 43 undergraduate programs and 63
graduate and professional programs. The programs are currently offered
through six academic units: the College of Arts and Sciences, and
the Schools of Business, Dental Medicine, Education, Engineering,
and Nursing. A School of Pharmacy, approved by IBHE in 2002, is being
staffed in anticipation of admitting its first class in the Fall of
2005.
