The MSPE Program offers its students unique features not typically found in other traditional academic programs. The enrichment activities provide the students an opportunity to enhance their educational experience beyond the classroom. The cultural diversity of the MSPE students offers the chance to work with and learn from individuals from other countries, which will better prepare one to work in a global workplace.
Frequently Asked Questions
Tuition and fee payments are due on the 28th of each month. Tuition and fee charges for fall and spring terms are billed in September and February respectively. Summer term charges are billed in June and/or July depending on enrollment. Payment due deadlines are posted to the USFSCO website.
Information can be found at the Student Health Insurance website. Consult the "graduate plan" version of the United Healthcare brochure for specifics about coverage. Students have 24-hour/7 days a week electronic access.
Students can print to the Technology Services computer lab printers from anywhere—whether from a computer lab or from your personal desktop, laptop computer, or mobile device at any location.
All computer sites are equipped with high-speed color laser printers and utilize a convenient printing system that bills directly to your university student account. For locations of Technology Services computer labs, refer to computer lab locations. The closest lab to DKH is located in rooms 70A/B in Wohlers Hall.
The MSPE Program is one of many cost recovery programs at Illinois. Students enrolled in cost recovery programs are not eligible for on-campus waiver-generating assistantships (e.g., teaching, researching, and graduate). See the Graduate College Tuition Waiver Guide.
MSPE students are eligible for on-campus hourly paid appointments. Hourly positions are posted to the Virtual Job Board located on the Financial Aid website.
Consult the International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) website. Click on “Students” and then the “Employment” link.
Download the Social Security Application information guide found on the International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) website.
At the U of I there are more than 1,600 Registered Student Organizations that focus on a variety of interests and hobbies.
The International Student and Scholar Services also has a list of International Student Organizations, which are represented by many countries around the world.
Illinois Business Consulting is the largest professionally-managed student-run university consulting organization in the country. Students improve their research, leadership, and teamwork skills by working on real business consulting projects.
Since spring 2015, Illini Women in Economics (iWiE) strives to create more opportunities, support, and resources, encouraging more participation and engagement for women within the field of economics.
>Illinois has impressive, state-of-the-art recreation facilities that encourage physical activity and promote health and wellness programs. The U of I Campus Recreation provides recreational programs, facilities, and services to the campus community. The Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) houses one of the largest on-campus recreation centers in the country. ARC features include a climbing wall, indoor/outdoor swimming pools, indoor track, four gymnasiums, racquetball courts, hundreds of exercise machines and weights, personal trainers, cooking classes, and wellness classes. The Campus Recreation Center East (CRCE) is a smaller recreation center on the east side of campus. CRCE features an aquatic center, indoor track, a gymnasium, racquetball courts, and exercise machines and weights. Campus also boasts the only Ice Arena in Champaign-Urbana, which offers public skating sessions, skating programs and clubs, and hockey programs.
Students can also participate in campus Intermural Activities, such as soccer, volleyball, basketball, and other sports.
The campus is a major Midwestern center for the arts. The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts offers theater, concerts, and ballet. The university’s Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion is the second largest general fine art museum in the state of Illinois. The Spurlock Museum is both an education and a research institution, with approximately 45,000 objects in its artifact collection.