About Uni High

As a small high school on a large university campus, Uni High offers the advantages being part of a world-class university while providing a safe place for students in grades 8-12 to embrace challenges and take risks.

Uni High is a selective admission laboratory school affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. About 320 Students of all backgrounds are welcomed to an an environment of intellectual curiosity, creativity, and excellence with faculty who have the creative liberty and support they need to develop challenging and innovative curricula.

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University of Illinois Laboratory High School opened in 1921 as a laboratory school for the university’s college of education. More than 100 years later, Uni remains committed to our laboratory mission of innovation in education with 320 students and nearly 40 faculty and staff members.

A student paints a colorful mural on a wall of concrete blocks. — At Uni High, we strive to foster an environment where everyone, inclusive of race, color, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, political beliefs, ability, language, and religion, will feel welcome, visible, and heard.

Uni chess players focus on their games in a large room of chess games during a tournament. — At Uni High, we strive to foster an environment where everyone, inclusive of race, color, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, political beliefs, ability, language, and religion, will feel welcome, visible, and heard.

Three students at a table during Engineering Open House work on making blinking badges. — **Our honors without AP curriculum focuses on in-depth learning, exploration, and hands-on learning.**

Uni students with linked arms form a large circle outside the school during a school dance. — **Our honors without AP curriculum focuses on in-depth learning, exploration, and hands-on learning.**