Welcome from the Dean

We're proud to be the center of a great university, proud of our multi-faceted mission, and proud to be part of the historic tradition of liberal education.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is central to the strength of Northern Illinois University. We are the largest college, with 17 departments and 7 centers that span the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. All of our tenure-track faculty members, instructors and staff contribute to the education of our 6,500 undergraduate majors and 1,200 graduate students. More >