University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison)

The University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison) is really a selective public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded when Wisconsin achieved statehood in 1848, UW–Madison is that the official state university of Wisconsin, and also the flagship campus from the University of Wisconsin System. It was eventually the very first public university established in Wisconsin and remains the oldest and largest public university inside the state. It became a land-grant institution in 1866. The 933-acre (378 ha ) main campus includes four National Historic Landmarks. 

UW–Madison is organized into 20 schools and colleges, which enrolled 29, 504 undergraduate, 9, 430 graduate, and 2, 526 professional students and granted 6, 494 bachelor's, 3, 560 graduate and professional degrees in 2012-2013. The University employs over 21, 727 faculty and staff. Its comprehensive academic program offers 132 undergraduate majors, together with 149 master's degree programs and 120 doctoral programs. 

The UW is categorized being an RU / VH Research University (very high research activity ) inside the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. In 2012, it had research expenditures of greater than $1. 1 billion, the 3rd highest among universities in the nation. Wisconsin is really a founding member from the Association of American Universities. 

The Wisconsin Badgers compete in 25 intercollegiate sports inside the NCAA's Division I Big Ten Conference and also have won 28 national championships. 

The University of Wisconsin–Madison, the flagship campus from the University of Wisconsin System, is really a large, four-year research university comprising twenty associated colleges and schools. Along with undergraduate and graduate divisions in agriculture and life sciences, business, education, engineering, human ecology, journalism and mass communication, letters and science, music, nursing, pharmacy, and social welfare, the university also maintains graduate and professional schools in environmental studies, law, library and information studies, medicine and public health (School of Medicine and Public Health ), public affairs, and veterinary medicine. 

The four year, full-time undergraduate instructional program is classified from the Carnegie Foundation to the Advancement of Teaching as arts and science plus professions having a high graduate coexistence ; admissions are characterized as  more selective, lower transfer-in. The biggest university college, the College of Letters and Science, enrolls approximately half the undergraduate student body and it is made up of thirty-nine departments and five professional schools29 that instruct students and carry out research inside a wide selection of fields, for example astronomy, economics, geography, history, linguistics, and zoology. The graduate instructional program is classified by Carnegie as comprehensive with medical / veterinary.  In 2008, it granted the 3rd largest quantity of doctorates inside the nation. 

Inside the 2014 QS World University Rankings, UW was ranked 37th inside the world and received five excellence stars. It was eventually ranked 24th among world universities and 18th among universities inside the Americas in Shanghai Jiao Tong University's 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities, which assesses academic and research performance. Inside the G-factor International University Ranking of 2006, which is really a re-analysis from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University data, the UW–Madison was listed 13th. The Times Higher Education Supplement placed it 27th worldwide, based primarily on surveys administered to students, faculty, and recruiters. Additionally, the professional ranking of world universities from École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, based partially on the amount of senior managerial positions occupied by alumni, placed UW–Madison 35th inside the world. 

UW–Madison was ranked 11th among national universities (with three institutions tied ) from the Center for Measuring University Performance in its 2007 report, with rankings depending on objective statistics on research, faculty awards, student qualifications, and university property. Of 38 programs in the UW–Madison that were included inside the National Research Council's 1995 study, 16 ranked inside the top 10 nationally. In 2007, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported that 57 disciplines in the UW–Madison were inside the top 10 inside the U. S. in scholarly productivity, which placed it second after UC–Berkeley in the amount of top ten programs. The UW placed 30th among national universities in Washington Monthly's 2009 rankings, which consider community service and social mobility, along with research productivity. In 2009, UW–Madison was ranked 6th inside the TrendTopper MediaBuzz rankings from the Global Language Monitor. In 2011, the Global Language Monitor increased the ranking to 1st in Internet Media Buzz. 

Madison's undergraduate program was ranked 47th among national universities by U. S. News & World Report for 2014 and 13th among public schools. A similar magazine ranked UW's graduate School of Business 29th, and it is undergraduate business program 13th. Twelve CEOs of S&P 500 companies hold degrees coming from the University of Wisconsin, putting it inside a tie with Harvard University and Princeton University for first place. 

In 2011, USNWR ranked UW's Law School 35th, while Vault listed it as 25th for 2008. Other graduate schools ranked by USNWR include the School of Medicine and Public Health, that was 27th in research55 and 13th in primary care, the College of Engineering 16th, the School of Education 5th, and also the La Follette School of Public Affairs 14th.