Wisconsin,
University of, is a coeducational state-supported educational system. Its official name is
the University of Wisconsin System. It consists of 13 universities, 13 two-year campuses,
and an extension system. The Wisconsin State Universities and the University of Wisconsin
merged to form the system in 1971. The administrative offices are in Madison. Each
university in the system is called the University of Wisconsin (UW) and has its location
or campus name in its title.
UW-Madison has colleges of agricultural and life sciences, engineering, and letters and
science; and schools of business, education, family resources and consumer sciences, law,
medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine. It grants bachelor's, master's, and
doctor's degrees.
UW-Eau Claire has schools of arts and sciences, business, education, graduate studies, and
nursing. It grants bachelor's and master's degrees.
UW-Green Bay has programs in business administration, humanities and fine arts, natural
sciences, and professional studies. It grants bachelor's and master's degrees.
UW-La Crosse has colleges of arts, letters, and sciences, business administration,
education, and health, physical education, and recreation. It grants bachelor's and
master's degrees.
UW-Milwaukee has colleges of engineering and applied science and of letters and science.
It has schools of allied health, architecture and urban planning, business administration,
education, fine arts, graduate studies, library and information science, nursing, and
social welfare. It grants bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees.
UW-Oshkosh has colleges of business administration, education and human services, letters
and science, and nursing. It grants bachelor's and master's degrees.
UW-Parkside, located between Kenosha and Racine, has schools of business, education,
liberal arts, and science and technology. It grants bachelor's and master's degrees.
UW-Platteville has colleges of agriculture; arts and sciences; business, industry, and
communication; education; and engineering. It grants bachelor's and master's degrees.
UW-River Falls has colleges of agriculture, arts and sciences, and education. It grants
bachelor's and master's degrees.
UW-Stevens Point has colleges of fine arts, letters and science, natural resources, and
professional studies. It grants bachelor's and master's degrees.
UW-Stout at Menomonie has schools of education and human services, home economics,
industry and technology, and liberal studies. It grants bachelor's and master's degrees.
UW-Superior has divisions of business and economics, education, fine and applied arts,
humanities and social sciences, and sciences and mathematics. It grants bachelor's and
master's degrees.
UW-Whitewater has colleges of the arts, business and economics, education, and letters and
science. It grants bachelor's and master's degrees.
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