Computer Science

UIUC

Department: Computer Science
Degree: PhD
Location: Urbana-Champaign, IL

Stipend

$24,200 per 9-month appointment Estimated

University-wide minimum, not confirmed for this department · Paid over 9 months · 2025-2026 · 0.50 FTE 9-month graduate assistant minimum, effective 8/16/2025; successor contract under negotiation · Underlying university-wide figure is official

Estimated: our estimate, not a published figure · Source: University of Illinois HR: graduate assistant minimum rates · Verified 2026-10-20

Cost of living in Urbana-Champaign, IL

City-median rent is a city-level figure, not a near-campus price; university graduate housing lines are the university's own published rates. Each line is labeled with its own source.

Rent, 1-bedroom (university graduate housing, single occupant) $685 to $750/mo Official Goodwin-Green room $685; Orchard Downs 1-bedroom $750. 2026-27. Source: University of Illinois Housing: Costs · Verified 2026-09-29
Rent, 1-bedroom (city median) $1,045/mo Estimated City median 1BR. Champaign, IL median. Source: Zumper city median asking rent (Sept 2026) · Verified 2026-09-27
Rent, 2-bedroom split two ways (university graduate housing, shared, per person) $400/mo Official Orchard Downs 2-bedroom, $800 per unit, split between two roommates. 2026-27. Each roommate is billed half, so $400 per person (derived). Unfurnished. The Goodwin-Green room is $685 (see the single-occupant row). Source: University of Illinois Housing: Costs · Verified 2026-09-29
Rent, 2-bedroom split two ways (city median) $705/mo Estimated City median 2BR, split two ways. Champaign, IL median. Source: Zumper city median asking rent (Sept 2026) · Verified 2026-09-27
Utilities Not yet available
Public transit Free with student ID Official MTD free with i-Card. Funded by a mandatory student transportation fee (about $70/semester per Wikipedia; not confirmed by UIUC). Public price $20/mo or $60/yr. Source: MTD: fares and passes · Verified 2026-09-27
Parking $143 to $960/yr Official Shuttle lot permit $143; student 12-month permit $960. Student 12-month permit (Aug 1 to Jul 31) is $960 and the shuttle lot permit is $143 per year; students ride MTD buses free with the i-Card. The page also lists faculty/staff rates through FY28, but the student-rate year is not stated. Graduate assistants with an appointment may qualify for the faculty/staff salary-based permit instead. Source: University of Illinois Parking Department: Rates · Verified 2026-09-28
Groceries Not yet available

About this department

Summaries are paraphrased from the department's own pages. Individual faculty are not listed here; use the official directory.

Confirm deadlines on the department's own page before applying.

Department Siebel School of Computing and Data Science Official Source: siebelschool.illinois.edu · Verified 2026-10-16
Degrees offered
- PhD
Official
Source: siebelschool.illinois.edu · Verified 2026-10-16
Overview Department of computing at Illinois offering the CS PhD with 11 listed research areas. Official Source: siebelschool.illinois.edu · Verified 2026-10-16
Research areas
- Architecture, Compilers and Parallel Computing
- Artificial Intelligence
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Computers and Education
- Data and Intelligent Systems
- Interactive Computing
- Programming Languages, Formal Methods and Software Engineering
- Scientific Computing
- Security and Privacy
- Systems and Networking
- Theory and Algorithms
Official
Source: siebelschool.illinois.edu · Verified 2026-10-16
Faculty Faculty directory (official) Official Source: siebelschool.illinois.edu · Verified 2026-10-16
PhD funding (department statement) The Grainger Engineering PhD Commitment gives students who began Fall 2020 or later a funded appointment for the first five years (fall and spring) with full tuition, partial fees and a living stipend; nearly all PhD students hold a research or teaching assistantship. No stipend amount stated on the page. Official Source: siebelschool.illinois.edu · Verified 2026-10-16
PhD application deadline December 1, 11:59 PM U.S. Central Time (fall entry only) Official Deadlines vary by department. This date is for Siebel School of Computing and Data Science. Confirm on the official admissions page. The deadlines page does not state the cycle year. Decision-response date is listed as March 15. Source: siebelschool.illinois.edu · Verified 2026-10-16
GRE policy The GRE is not required; scores are optional and may be submitted as a scanned official report. Official Source: siebelschool.illinois.edu · Verified 2026-10-16
Application requirements
- Four-year bachelor's equivalent
- GPA at least 3.0/4.0 in last two years
- three letters (academic recommenders)
- academic statement of purpose
- personal statement (250 words or fewer)
- CV
- transcripts
- English proficiency for non-native speakers (TOEFL iBT/IELTS speaking needed for school funding)
- $90 non-refundable fee, waivers available.
Official
Source: siebelschool.illinois.edu · Verified 2026-10-16

Master's tuition

Published tuition (before any aid). PhD students usually have tuition waived; their offer letter confirms. This is not part of the stipend-versus-cost-of-living comparison.

Graduate base (in-state) $14,908/yr Estimated 2026-2027. academic year; Range I (12+ hrs) $7454/semester. Not confirmed for this department: this is the school-wide graduate rate. Source: UIUC Registrar 26/27 AY Graduate & Professional Tuition Rates · Verified 2026-09-30
Graduate base (out-of-state) $32,204/yr Estimated 2026-2027. academic year; Range I $16102/semester. Not confirmed for this department: this is the school-wide graduate rate. Source: UIUC Registrar 26/27 AY Graduate & Professional Tuition Rates · Verified 2026-09-30