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Sites like University of Illinois Chicago

The 20 closest public research university alternatives to University of Illinois Chicago, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 11 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to University of Illinois Chicago? The closest matches are UChicago, Illinois and University of California, Irvine. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About University of Illinois Chicago

University of Illinois Chicago uic.edu

Wikidata: public university (1983-)

Top 10K · #4,958 11 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

Summary by Claude

Official website of the University of Illinois Chicago, a public research university in Chicago offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs, including a large health sciences and medical school.

Who it’s for
Prospective and current students, faculty, researchers
Business model
Tuition, state funding, research grants

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to University of Illinois Chicago’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

University of California, Santa CruzUniversity of TorontoUZHUniversity of IowaNorthwesternUniversity of MichiganUCLAUniversity of California, IrvineIllinoisUChicago

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to University of Illinois Chicago

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to University of Illinois Chicago, thumbs down if it isn’t.

We can’t read uic.edu’s homepage (UNABLE_TO_VERIFY_LEAF_SIGNATURE), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01
    UChicago uchicago.edu Top 10K

    UChicago - Error 403

    private university in Chicago, Illinois

  2. 02
    Illinois illinois.edu Top 10K English

    Illinois

    Discover the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign—where innovation, community, and discovery drive world-class learning, research, and public impact.

  3. 03
    University of California, Irvine uci.edu Top 10K English

    UC Irvine

    Homepage for the University of California, Irvine

  4. 04
    UCLA ucla.edu Top 10K English

    A World Leader in Education and Research Excellence | UCLA

    UCLA advances knowledge, addresses pressing societal needs and creates a university enriched by diverse perspectives where all individuals can flourish.

  5. 05
    University of Michigan umich.edu Top 1K English

    public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan

  6. 06
    Northwestern northwestern.edu Top 10K English

    Northwestern University

    Northwestern is one of the country’s leading private research and teaching universities, located in Evanston, IL. Our highly collaborative environment provides our diverse students and faculty with exceptional opportunities for personal and professional growth.

  7. 07
    University of Iowa uiowa.edu Top 10K English

    The University of Iowa

    Join a global community of renowned artists, pioneering scientists, and faculty dedicated to student success at the University of Iowa.

  8. 08
    UZH uzh.ch Top 10K German

    Universität Zürich | Universität Zürich | UZH

    Die Universität Zürich gehört zu den besten Forschungsuniversitäten Europas und bietet das breiteste Angebot an Studienfächern in der Schweiz.

  9. 09
    University of Utah utah.edu Top 10K English

    The University of Utah

    Founded in 1850, The University of Utah is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah, and offers over 100 undergraduate and more than 90 graduate degree programs to over 30,000 students. As a preeminent research and teaching institution, the University cultivates an academic environment in which the highest standards of intellectual integrity and scholarship are practiced.

  10. 10
    University of Toronto utoronto.ca Top 10K English

    ERROR 403: The request could not be satisfied

    The University of Toronto - Error 403

  11. 11
    Peking University pku.edu.cn Top 10K

    北京大学

    北京大学

  12. 12
    University of Missouri missouri.edu Top 10K English

    Homepage | Mizzou

    public research university in Columbia, Missouri, USA

  13. 13
    University of California, Santa Cruz ucsc.edu Top 10K English

    public University of California campus in Santa Cruz

  14. 14
    University of California, Riverside ucr.edu Top 10K English

    UC Riverside / University of California, Riverside

    UC Riverside is the nation’s leader for social mobility with a diverse & inclusive community pioneering research with impacts around the globe.

  15. 15
    University of Bologna unibo.it Top 10K English

    University of Bologna

    university in Bologna, Italy

  16. 16
    University of California, Berkeley berkeley.edu Top 1K English

    University of California, Berkeley: Home

    UC Berkeley pushes the boundaries of knowledge, challenges convention and expands opportunity to create the leaders of tomorrow.

  17. 17
    University College London ucl.ac.uk Top 10K English

    public research university in London, England, United Kingdom

  18. 18
    UC Davis ucdavis.edu Top 10K English

    University of California, Davis | UC Davis | UC Davis

    public university in the Davis, California area; part of the University of California system

  19. 19
    University of Victoria uvic.ca Top 10K English

    Home - University of Victoria

    Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.

  20. 20
    University of Alberta ualberta.ca Top 10K

    ERROR: The request could not be satisfied

    public research university in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to uic.edu’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones University of Illinois Chicago uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What University of Illinois Chicago is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Email hosting
  • Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 include:spf.uic.edu ip4:192.17.86.0/24 ip4:128.174.180.0/24 ip…
  • Microsoft 365 MX uic-edu.mail.protection.outlook.com
Email delivery
  • Brevo TXT brevo-code:909631822e346d28db914a25a31638d3
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=dlVw2u/HjFYH339/f2b1r4cainmyYM2L1ZblqRa…
  • Canva TXT canva-site-verification=wi7y9f1U0xQffg1MOUAhnA
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=XmZQrIGyAoXlHgb_AqXS6cxZwCcfJHD6cZJe0sejyHw
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=dac2huk0r4m1x42kev4tnp5a56fq71
  • Miro TXT miro-verification=6f86b16dbd160af6f01c0846dc4d1144693d881a
  • Notion TXT notion-domain-verification=3UYmROFSWtEXb9pMsOESMg3suYQLzVibcXlFkdM7mbo
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-HwIaG9UXTvI8jSMPuxJ93TQJ
  • Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_Et7PeOIQeaNFJGtukmqwqM

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