SIUE's East St. Louis Center, located in East St. Louis, Illinois, from the main campus, opened in 2003. The current location is the Center's fifth in the city since 1957, but it is the first site specifically designed and built for this purpose. The Center provides educational programs, community outreach health services, and cultural events to an economically deprived area of the Metro East. It also provides clinical and practicum experiences relating to urban community needs for various University baccalaureate, professional, and master's programs and for urban studies research.