Our 42 schools and departments within seven colleges provide you with amazing learning opportunities in over 100 fields of study. Our outstanding faculty will help you explore and grow in an exciting learning environment – where hands-on experience complements classroom instruction. Whether you know what direction you are headed or you need some time to decide, you are on the right path at NIU.

Colleges

• Business
• Education
• Engineering and Engineering Technology
• Health and Human Sciences
• Law
• Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Visual and Performing Arts

Schools and Departments

• Accountancy
• Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
• Anthropology
• Art and Design
• Biological Sciences 
• Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Communication
• Computer Science
• Counseling and Higher Education
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Economics
• Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
• Electrical Engineering
• English
• Environmental Studies
• Family and Consumer Sciences
• Finance
• Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences
• Geology and Environmental Geosciences
• Health Studies
• History
• Interdisciplinary Health Professions

• Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Kinesiology and Physical Education
• Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
• Management
• Marketing
• Mathematical Sciences
• Mechanical Engineering
• Military Science
• Music
• Nonprofit and NGO Studies
• Nursing
• Operations Management and Information Systems
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Public and Global Affairs
• Public Administration
• Sociology
• Special and Early Education
• Statistics and Actuarial Science
• Technology
• Theatre and Dance
• World Languages and Cultures