Research Programs
 Northern Illinois
University is centered in DeKalb, Illinois, a city of 35,000 population
located 65 miles west of downtown Chicago. It is situated in the most
diverse and most dynamic region of a large and complex state, which
offers many opportunities for interaction between university programs
and a great diversity of businesses, industries, government agencies,
school districts, other academic institutions, and non-academic research
facilities. The university also maintains educational centers at Hoffman
Estates, Rockford, and Naperville, and utilizes many other off-campus
sites, to deliver courses to major population centers in the region.
The Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching recognizes Northern Illinois University
as among the nation's elite institutions of higher education, based
on its breadth of research and academic programs. Northern is among
only four percent of all U.S. colleges and universities listed in Carnegie's
most productive category: "doctoral/research university-extensive."
This distinction is given to schools offering a wide range of baccalaureate
and graduate-degree programs.
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