Type | Public |
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Established | 1957 |
Endowment | $16.4 million |
Chancellor | Randall Pembrook |
President | Randy Dunn |
Academic staff
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960 |
Administrative staff
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431 + 990 Civil Service |
Students | 14,142 (Fall 2016) |
Undergraduates | 11,720 (Fall 2016) |
Postgraduates | 1,897 (Fall 2016) |
525 (Fall 2015) | |
Location | Edwardsville, Illinois, U.S. |
Campus | Suburban, 2,660 acres (1,076.5 ha) |
Colors | Red and White |
Nickname | Cougars |
Mascot | Eddie the Cougar |
Affiliations | NCAA Division I – Ohio Valley Conference |
Website | www |
University rankings | |
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Regional | |
U.S. News & World Report | 47 (Midwest) |
Master's University class | |
Washington Monthly | 40 (USA) |
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, (commonly abbreviated SIUE or The "e"), is a coeducational, public Master's college and university in Edwardsville, Illinois, United States about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of St. Louis, Missouri. SIUE was established in 1957 as an extension of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and is the younger and smaller of the two major institutions of Southern Illinois University system. The University offers graduate programs through its Graduate School.
In fiscal year 2014, SIUE faculty and staff received 185 grants and contracts for research, teaching, and service initiatives worth more than $34 million— which ranked 8th among more than 680 comparable public and private universities in the country. The grants awarded were from agencies that included the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts , the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.