More than 50 outstanding faculty from six colleges at the University of Illinois conduct interdisciplinary bioengineering research covering a wide range of topics. A variety of state-of-the-art research facilities are available in each of these colleges. In addition, the Beckman Institute, the Biotechnology Center, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and a number of NSF- and NIH-funded centers on campus provide valuable support for bioengineering research.
The University of Illinois, along with the Department of Bioengineering, has a number of graduate fellowships and training opportunities available such as the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT), which includes Neuroengineering and Vertically Integrated Training with Genomics, and the Midwest Cancer Nanotechnology Training Center (M-CNTC).