The University of Illinois at Chicago was formed by the 1982 consolidation of two campuses: the University of Illinois at the Medical Center and the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. Programs are offered through the Colleges of Architecture and the Arts, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Liberal Arts and Sciences,Urban Planning and Public Administration and the Jane Addams School of Social Work. UIC is a major center for medical education and research for Illinois and the nation, with health-care-related colleges in Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Phramacy, Public Health, and the Applied Health Sciences. UIC provides the broadest access to the highest levels of intellectual excellence.UIC's mission is: to create knowledge that transforms our views of the world and, through sharing and application, transforms the world; to provide a wide range of students with the educational opportunity only a leading research university can offer; to address the challenges and opportunities facing not only Chicago but all Great Cities of the 21st century, as expressed by our Great Cities Commitment; to foster scholarship and practices that reflect and respond to the increasing diversity of the U.S. in a rapidly globalizing world; to train professionals in a wide range of public service disciplines, serving Illinois as the principal educator of health science professionals and as a major healthcare provider to underserved communities.