The University of Wisconsin–Madison has long been recognized as one of America’s great universities. A public, land-grant institution, it is a research powerhouse, one of only two universities in the United States to be ranked in the top five in total research expenditures for 20 consecutive years.

UW-Madison offers a complete spectrum of highly regarded programs in liberal arts and professional programs, with a total enrollment of more than 42,000 students.

Founded in 1848, it is the largest and oldest campus in the University of Wisconsin System.

Its students, faculty, and staff are motivated by a tradition known as the “Wisconsin Idea”—that the effects of the university’s work should reach beyond the campus, to benefit the state and the world beyond.