University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE

The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (also known as UW–Milwaukee, UWM or Milwaukee) is a public research university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It is the largest university in the Milwaukee metropolitan area and one of the two doctoral granting public research universities in the state of Wisconsin. With a total student enrollment of 30,455 and 1,349 faculty members, it is also the second largest university in the state.
Located in Milwaukee’s upper East Side close to Lake Michigan, the University is home to the one and only graduate school of freshwater science in the U.S., the largest School of Architecture, College of Nursing and College of Health Sciences in the State of Wisconsin.  The University consists of 14 schools and colleges, and 70 academic centers, institutes and laboratory facilities. It offers a total of 166 degree programs, including 87 bachelor’s, 51 master’s and 31 doctorate degrees.

The university’s athletic teams are called the Panthers. A total of 15 Panther athletic teams compete in NCAA Division I. Panthers have won the James J. McCafferty Trophy as the Horizon League’s all-sports champions five times since 2000.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Rankings in 2010

• TOP 100 NURSING GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKING IN 2009
• TOP 200 UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS PROGRAM IN 2010
• TOP 100 FINE ARTS COLLEGE RANKING IN 2010
• BEST UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY RANKING
• ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKINGS

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Rankings in 2011

• MATERIALS GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKINGS IN 2011
• POLITICAL SCIENCE GRADUATE COLLEGE RANKINGS IN 2011

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Tuition and Fees

Schools and Colleges of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

• Architecture and Urban Planning (School of)
• Continuing Education (School of)
• Education (School of)
• Engineering and Applied Science (College of)
• Freshwater Sciences (School of)
• Graduate School
• Health Sciences (College of)
• Helen Bader School of Social Welfare
• Information Studies (School of)
• Letters and Science (College of)
• Nursing (College of)
• Peck School of the Arts
• Public Health (School of)
• Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee News

• Congratulations to Fox Point, Bayside College Graduates - Mon, 21 May 2012
  

  Patch has accumulated a list of Class of 2012 college graduates who hail from Fox Point and Bayside.

• College Grads Discuss Job Prospects, Student Debt - Mon, 21 May 2012
  

  Thousands of college students became alumni over the weekend. UW-Milwaukee, Marquette, and a number of other universities held spring commencement ceremonies.

• Forty Worst Cities In America For Black Men Not Working: Indy In Top 10 - Sat, 19 May 2012
  

  Information from Race and Male Employment in the Wake of the Great Recession by Marc Levine of the Center for Economic Development at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee .A Massive unemployment among Black men and youth drives violence and murders, contributes to broken family structures, indirectly discourages educational achievement, and causes ... (more)

• Riverside senior sets sights on medical career - Sat, 19 May 2012
  

  He has been accepted into four state universities - the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, the University of Wisconsin - Platteville, the University of Wisconsin - Lacrosse, and the University of Wisconsin - Parkside.

• Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District has supportive environment - Sat, 19 May 2012
  

  Jamie Breiwick, Maple Dale School director of bands, works with the jazz ensemble - Teague Worlton , Savion Dean, Joel Harris and Alex Bidard.

• Local University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Spring Graduates - Fri, 18 May 2012
  

  Local residents were among 3,700 students set to receive their bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's 2012 spring commencement Sunday.

• Go shopping In Europe - Fri, 18 May 2012
  

  A Kirk Spano, the winner of the MarketWatch competition to find the world's next great investing columnist, is an investment advisor and founder of Bluemound Asset Management, LLC in Elm Grove, WI.

• Panel backs new UWM use for former Columbia Hospital - Fri, 18 May 2012
  

  A rezoning of the former Columbia St. Mary's Hospital to allow new uses by University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is being recommended for approval by a Common Council committee.

• GIS award honors career of Huxhold - Fri, 18 May 2012
  

  MILWAUKEE William E. Huxhold, professor of urban planning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , has won the 2012 Education Award from the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science .

• New Developments - Wed, 16 May 2012
  

  Stephanie Allewalt is the fund development manager for the Northwest Side Community Development Corporation , and also a adjunct faculty member in urban planning at UW-Milwaukee. She was named one of the Milwaukee Business Journal's Forty Under 40 winners this spring we should note that distinction came while she was working in her previous job as ... (more)