(CWUR) has ranked University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as the 20th best university in the world for 2019–20.
Illinois is also ranked 32nd in the world in Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings for 2018.
== Philanthropy ==
Over the last twenty years, state funding for the university has fallen. Private philanthropy increasingly supplements revenue from tuition and state funding, providing about 19% of the annual budget in 2012. Notable among significant donors, alumnus entrepreneur Thomas M. Siebel has committed nearly $150 million to the university, including $36 million to build the Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science, $25 million to build the Siebel Center for Design, and $50 million to support the renamed Department of Computer Science to become Siebel School of Computing and Data Science. Furthermore, the Grainger Foundation (founded by alumnus W. W. Grainger) has contributed more than $300 million to the university over the last half-century, including donations for the construction …
