University of Wisconsin

:For the University of Wisconsin system, see University of Wisconsin System.

Academics

The University of Wisconsin, the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System, is divided into twenty associated colleges and schools. In addition to traditional undergraduate and graduate divisions in engineering, education, agriculture, and letters and sciences, the university also maintains professional schools in law, medicine, veterinary medicine, and pharmacy.

Related Topics:
University of Wisconsin System - Undergraduate - Graduate - Engineering - Education - Law - Medicine - Veterinary medicine - Pharmacy

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University divisions

The largest university college, the College of Letters and Science, enrolls approximately half of the undergraduate student body and is made up of thirty-nine departments and five professional schools http://www.ls.wisc.edu/departments.htm that instruct students and carry out research in a wide variety of fields such as biology, astronomy, history, and sociology.

Related Topics:
Biology - Astronomy - History - Sociology

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Reputation

Wisconsin has been one of the leading public universities in the United States since the beginning of the 20th century (it was a founding member of the Association of American Universities) and ranks as one of the great research universities of the world. Among U.S. universities, the University of Wisconsin is frequently listed as one of the "public Ivies"—publicly-funded universities providing a quality of education comparable to the best private schools. In addition to being a highly-ranked school in education, geography, history, and sociology, the university was recently ranked the second-best college at which to earn an education degree, and the overall seventh-best public school in the United States. In the Gourman report on undergraduate programs, the University of Wisconsin was ranked the third-best public university, right after the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Additionally, it was ranked the eighth-best university in the United States for overall strength of the undergraduate programs.

Related Topics:
20th century - Association of American Universities - Public Ivies - Education - Geography - History - Sociology - University of California at Berkeley - University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

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In one study, http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2005/ARWU2005_Top100.htm, the University of Wisconsin was assessed as the 16th best among world universities.

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UW-Madison has had a reputation as a party school, topping the 2005 Princeton Review's annual party school survey.

Related Topics:
2005 - Princeton Review

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Bascom Hall, 1968, with crosses placed by students protesting the Vietnam war, and sign saying "BASCOM MEMORIAL CEMETERY, CLASS OF 1968"

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Sign near Sterling Hall commemorating tragic events of 1970

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