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Northern Illinois University

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DeKalb, United States
601–800th in World University Rankings 2024
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Northern Illinois University is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois. It was founded as Northern Illinois State Normal School in May 1985.

As well as the main campus is DeKalb, there are additional campuses in Chicago, Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon.

There are seven colleges at the university including business; education; enginneering and engineering technology; health and human sciences; law; liberal arts and visual and performing arts. These are then organised further into 42 schools and departments.

There are over 300 student clubs and organisations at the university. There are also a range of sports clubs that students can join including football, baseball, tennis, softball and athletics. Sports teams at the university are known as Huskies.

Students and faculty in from the college of visual and performing arts host many art exhibitions, musical concerts and theatrical and dance productions throughout the year.

Students are able to participate in a study abroad scheme in one of 75 countries.

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Key Student Statistics

A breakdown of student statistics at Northern Illinois University

gender ratio
Student gender ratio
54 F : 46 M (1)
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International student percentage
6% (1)
student per staff
Students per staff
14.3 (1)
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Student total
13248 (1)

Based on data collected for the (1) World University Rankings 2024

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Subjects Taught at Northern Illinois University

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Engineering601–800th

  • General Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Social Sciences501–600th

  • Sociology
  • Politics and International Studies
  • Geography
  • Communication and Media Studies

Psychology301–400th

  • Psychology

Physical Sciences401–500th

  • Chemistry
  • Geology, Environmental, Earth and Marine Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Mathematics and Statistics

Education301–400th

  • Education

Arts and Humanities501–600th

  • Languages, Literature and Linguistics
  • History, Philosophy and Theology
  • Art, Performing Art and Design

Business and Economics601–800th

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Business and Management
  • Accounting and Finance

Clinical and Health801–1000th

  • Other Health

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