College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
College of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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The College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) is part of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Most of the ACES buildings are located on the South Quad. In terms of staff, ACES has 186 tenure-system faculty, 78 specialized faculty, 26 postdoctoral researchers, 493 academic professionals, 565 civil service staff, 323 assistants, and 956 hourly employees.[1]
Mumford Hall on the South Quad houses the Office of the Dean of ACES | |
| Type | Land-Grant, Public, State |
|---|---|
| Established | 1867 |
Parent institution | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| Dean | Germán Bollero |
Academic staff | 260 |
Administrative staff | 1,378 |
| Students | 3,470 |
| Undergraduates | 2,732 |
| Postgraduates | 738 |
| Location | , , U.S. 40.103647°N 88.226015°W |
| Nickname | College of ACES |
| Website | aces |
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Facilities
- ACES Library, Information and Alumni Center
- Turner Hall
- Animal Sciences Laboratory
- Edward R. Madigan Laboratory
- Agriculture Engineering Sciences Building
- Davenport Hall, named for Eugene Davenport, formerly known as the Agriculture Building and later the Old Agricultural Building
- Mumford Hall, named for Herbert Windsor Mumford I, formerly known as the New Agricultural Building
- Bevier Hall
Departments
- Agricultural and Biological Engineering[2]
The undergraduate Agricultural Engineering program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign was ranked 1st and the undergraduate engineering program was ranked 5th in the 2008 America's Best Colleges edition of U.S. News & World Report (published in August 2007). The graduate engineering program at Illinois was ranked 5th in the 2007 Best Graduate Schools issue of U.S. News & World Report (published in March 2007). (College of Engineering) (ACES News)
- Agricultural and Consumer Economics[3]
- Agricultural Education[4]
- Animal Sciences[5]
- Technical Systems Management[6]
- Crop Sciences[7]
- Food Science and Human Nutrition[8]
- Human Development and Family Studies[9]
- Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences[10]
- Agroecology/Sustainable Agriculture Program[11]
- Division of Nutritional Sciences[12]
