Southern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, in the Southern Illinois region of the state, with multiple campuses. Glenn Poshard is President of Southern Illinois University.
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC, often referred to as just SIU) is the flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system. SIUC includes the Southern Illinois University School of Law in Carbondale. SIUC is the alma mater of over 246,000 alumni in 186 academic programs.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) is the Edwardsville, Illinois campus of the system. In addition to a variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees, the institution features a new but highly regarded School of Pharmacy on the Edwardsville campus, a School of Dental Medicine at Alton and a center in East St. Louis that provides clinical and practicum experiences for SIUE students in the arts, education, health, and social services.
The main campus in Edwardsville is situated on 2,660 acres (4.16 sq mi), with bicycle and walking paths throughout. SIUE is home to over 14,000 students. At one time, SIUE was known as a "commuter school", but in recent years has transformed itself into a residential university.
SIUE is known (highly rated in USNEWS) for its Senior Assessment Program.
SIUE celebrated its 52nd anniversary in 2009.
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (SIU-SOM) operates its first year program in Carbondale, Illinois and the final 3 years in Springfield, Illinois. SIU-SOM also offers numerous residency programs including; Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Medicine/Psychiatry, Neurology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Psychiatry, Radiology and Urology. [1]
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine (SIU-SDM or SDM) operates in Alton, Illinois on the campus of the former Shurtleff College. The school began in 1972, and educates around 200 dentist students.