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How about the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign?
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, founded in 1867, is a public research university in the United States. Urbana-Champaign, Illinois is a very good university, as follows:

1, score:

The school is a founding member of the "Ten Major Alliances" in the United States and a member of association of american universities. Known as the "public Ivy League", it was selected into the British government's "high potential talent visa program". Among the alumni and professors, 30 won the Nobel Prize and 25 won the Pulitzer Prize.

The school's engineering majors enjoy a high reputation in the world, and almost all majors rank in the top ten in the United States, including electrical, civil, materials and environment. Computer major is the second in the United States; The information science major ranks first in the United States all the year round; Accounting ranks in the top three in the United States.

2. School size:

After nearly 150 years of development, the University of Illinois has become one of the best universities in the United States and among the best public universities in China. The university's three campuses offer hundreds of undergraduate, postgraduate and professional courses, and nearly 5,000 courses, many of which are at the world's leading level.

The university currently has more than 23,000 faculty members, including more than 5,800 teachers, many of whom are respected professors in the United States and internationally, including Nobel Prize winners, Pulitzer Prize winners, MacArthur researchers and academicians of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Humanities.

3. Teacher setup:

Urbana-Champaign-Champaign has a wide range of disciplines with distinctive features. The school has agricultural environment, applied health, flight, business, education, engineering, art, research on the relationship between labor and employment, law, arts and sciences, information science, media, medicine, social work, veterinary and other colleges.

Among them, engineering, agronomy and veterinary medicine are the traditional advantages of the school, and library science and information science rank first in the United States all the year round because of their huge collection of books. The medical school in Urbana-Champaign has just emerged, but the medical school of the University of Chicago is relatively strong, so its strength is weak. But it has a strong veterinary college.

4. Campus life:

The university has nearly 40 libraries, ranking first among public universities in the world. In addition to170,000 items, including 9 million books and 90,000 periodicals, there are more than 40 academic departments. The university provides nearly 9,000 dormitories, including international students' dormitories, single rooms, male and female dormitories and so on. The principle of applying for dormitory is first come, first served.

Universities have health centers, psychological counseling centers and career guidance centers. There are more than 0/000 student associations/kloc, which are all-encompassing. Every year, there are some major activities, such as freshmen's orientation and weekend parent-child activities. Outdoor activities are very popular. In summer, many people engage in cycling, jogging, camping, barbecue, mountaineering and other activities, and in winter, they can engage in outdoor activities such as skiing.