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Our admission rules require that an applicant have a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university. These accrediting agencies typically define a bachelor’s degree in the United States as requiring four years to complete. In reality, it may take longer or shorter to complete a degree, but the amount of work involved must be relatively the same. In the past few years, confusion has arisen as to the equivalence of the three year bachelor’s degree offered in some countries. Some are treated as equivalent to the U.S. bachelor’s degree, while others are not. To make this determination, UIS requires that a course-by-course evaluation be received from a NACES member organization.

UIS offers 49 bachelor’s degrees, so we can help you continue your education without missing a beat. In many cases, UIS has a degree that aligns with your area of study. If there’s not an exact equivalent, we’ll work with you to find a degree that matches your interests and goals and maximizes your college credits and experience. You will earn a University of Illinois degree, joining more than 740,000 living alumni across the globe, including teachers, entrepreneurs, artists, researchers, business leaders, and Nobel Prize winners.

Our Admission team will work closely with you to apply as many of your credits as possible toward a UIS degree. Transfer work must be similar in nature, level, and content to courses at UIS. Credit for transfer courses is either applied as direct equivalents or applied to a degree in a manner determined by the department and college. Learn more about transferring credits.

Complete an application to UIS. After you’ve submitted your application, contact Admission to discuss transferring your credits.

Tuition is based on credit hours per semester. Our tuition and fee calculator can do the math for you. Learn about housing costs, books, how to make a payment, and more.

Simply make a correction to your completed FAFSA, and add UIS as your school of choice (code 009333). Once you are admitted to UIS and we receive the completed FAFSA info, we can determine your aid eligibility. Learn more about financial assistance at UIS.

UIS combines the power of the University of Illinois system with the atmosphere of a smaller university. Students say our right-sized community feels like home, and they have the resources they need to succeed academically, professionally, and personally. Learn more about UIS.

Our main campus is in Springfield, but depending on your major, classes are also available at UIS Peoria, located at Illinois Central College, or online.Learn more, or schedule a visit.

Our Admission staff will help you get on the path to a degree in no time. Email admissions@uis.edu or call 1-888-977-4847.

Application fees may be waived in certain cases. Fill out and submit the Application Fee Waiver Form to be considered.

You can pay your application fee at any time on your Application Status Page.

You said YES to UIS. Now what? Find out the next steps after acceptance.

Yes! There is one scanner on the second (main floor) of the library, to the left of the printers. There is also one copy machine on the third floor of the library, right off the elevator.

You can use our printing tutorial.

Information Technology Services (ITS) also has scanners available. More information on their resources.

Absolutely! You can attend your zoom class in the library in any of our study spaces that aren't designated quiet spaces. These include:

• The 2nd Floor
• All study rooms (located in the stairwell lounges of each floor -- great if you prefer more privacy for your class)
• Stairwell Lounges on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floor

Alumni of UIS and Sangamon State University may borrow books from Brookens Library. All they need to do is apply for an alumni card online.

This applies to UIS owned books only; we cannot offer I-Share or Interlibrary Loan services.

Learn more about alumni borrowing privileges.

We gladly accept the following types of material donations:

• Books
• DVDs
• CDs
• Audio books
• Magazines

When donating to the Library it is important to remember that the library reserves the right to add the items to the collection, sell them in a library book sale, or dispose of them as necessary. Currently, we send unsold books to Better World Books, an organization that funds literacy in underdeveloped countries.

Click here for more ways to give to the Library.

Yes, and you can get help right away by following this link to UIS's Career Development Center Website. Here, you'll find lots of great tips and downloadable resume and CV templates, as well as links to additional resources.

You can also get in-person or zoom help with your resume or CV through the Career Suite. They have designated walk-in hours.

You can also chat with a career advisor using your Career Connect Account.

No. Textbooks are available at the UIS Bookstore, which is on the lower level of PAC.

Some required readings for courses are posted electronically on Canvas. Check with your professor to see if any materials are on reserve for your class.

You cannot lock the desktops without signing out.

You can stay logged in at your own risk, or you can log out and log back in.

If it does not give you an option to log out, you can hit Ctrl + Alt + Delete and sign out from there. If that does not work, you can shut down the computer.

Yes, you can address them to:

University of Illinois Springfield
Norris L. Brookens Library
Room 207 Circulation
1 University Plaza
Springfield, IL 62703

For further assistance, please contact the Main Desk at the library at 217-206-6605.

UIS students, faculty, and staff are able to request materials for pick up at other I-Share affiliated libraries.

In the Request from I-Share window for the book you want to request, you can select your preferred pickup institution in the drop down menu.

No. The checkout period for all library patrons for DVDs is 7 days with no renewals. You can check out the same DVD multiple times however, if you see it on the shelf later.

Yes, you may return books to other I-Share libraries. Practices for dropping off materials will vary depending on the library. (This does not apply to ILL books, which must be returned to the same location they were picked up at.)

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