The Illinois School of Architecture is an integral component of a Major Research University that was just ranked by Forbes as one of the Top 50 in the World, boasting a stellar academic community of students and professors that strive to make a profound difference in our built environment. Illinois boasts the oldest public school of architecture in the US and the first to graduate both a male and female architect. Today, it offers bachelor, masters and doctoral degrees, as well as certificates in five program areas: Urbanism, Building Performance, Health and Wellbeing, Detail + Fabrication and History, Theory and Preservation.