Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Main article: Southern Illinois University Carbondale See also: Southern Illinois SalukisFounded in Carbondale in 1869 as Southern Illinois Normal College, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC, usually referred to as SIU) is the flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system and is the fourth oldest of Illinois's thirteen (13) state universities.
SIUC includes eight (8) colleges and three (3) schools: the Graduate School and the School of Law in Carbondale and the School of Medicine in Carbondale and Springfield (see below). Considered to be a "National Research University," SIUC offers Associate, Baccalaureate, Post-Baccalaureate, Masters, and Doctoral degrees in 222 academic programs.
In the Fall of 2010, SIUC had 15,141 undergraduates, 4,896 graduate students, and was the alma mater of over 212,000 living alumni.
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