Computer Design Research and Learning Center
introduction
Jim Young
The CDLRC building under construction (September 2023)
Starting in 2025, UIC students will learn computer science, data science, and engineering in a brand-new facility called the Computer, Design, Research, and Learning Center (CDRLC).
UIC’s computer science department now enrolls about 2,100 undergraduates. The department’s faculty, staff, and classes are presently spread across four buildings on the east campus.
The new 135,000-square-foot, LEED Gold-certified building will double the department’s capacity. It will include:
- 16,000 square feet of classroom space
- Undergraduate learning and community center
- Dry lab
- Robotics lab
- Flexible events space
- 21 faculty research labs
- Collaborative learning and teaching spaces
- A geothermal farm to assist with sustainable heating and cooling
The new computer science building is part of UIC’s campus master plan and supported by the Rebuild Illinois capital plan, including a $117.8 million allocation from the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. It will be located at 850 W. Taylor Street, adjacent to the Memorial Grove. A ceremonial groundbreaking was held on July 15, 2021, and the building will open in 2024.
Overhead view
How's construction coming along?
Take a look at the construction site’s webcam to find out.
