University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Location/Environment
UWM’s 93-acre campus is located on Milwaukee’s upper East Side, one of the city’s most attractive residential areas and home to many faculty, staff and students. The campus lies just five blocks from the beautiful shoreline of Lake Michigan.

Its location in the business, financial, cultural and industrial heart of the state gives students an edge in getting professional experience while still in school.

The compact campus is situated along residential tree-lined streets and stately homes 10 minutes from downtown. UWM is ranked as the second safest campus in Wisconsin.

History
Originally founded in 1885 as the Milwaukee State Normal School, the school expanded its curriculum in 1927 to become the Milwaukee State Teachers College. In 1951, it became Wisconsin State College-Milwaukee, and in 1956, UW-Milwaukee was created with a merger of the State College and the University of Wisconsin Extension Center in Milwaukee

UWM Today
UWM has an enrollment of more than 25,000 students, the second largest in the state. The university boasts 120 undergraduate majors and submajors, 48 masters and 17 doctoral degree programs. They are separated into the following schools and colleges:

  • Allied Health Professions
  • The Arts
  • Architecture and Urban Planning
  • Education
  • Business Administration
  • Nursing
  • Engineering & Applied Science
  • Social Welfare
  • Library & Information Science
  • Letters & Science

    Faculty
    With a distinguished faculty of more than 1,300, UWM is listed among the top 100 public institutions in the nation in research and development expenditures. UWM’s individual schools and colleges have achieved national recognition, as well as top accreditation, by their review groups.

    Areas Of Excellence
    UWM has nine University System Centers of Excellence, areas of the university that have received special recognition from the UW System Board of Regents for outstanding achievements in diverse area of instruction, scholarship, research and performance. They are:

  • School of Architecture and Urban Planning
  • Center for Business Competitiveness
  • Institute of Chamber Music
  • Center for Great Lakes Studies
  • Professional Theatre Training Program
  • Laboratory for Surface Studies
  • Center for Teacher Education
  • Center for Twentieth-Century Studies
  • Women’s Studies Consortium

    Among The Best
    UWM is one of 148 U.S. colleges and universities (from a total of 3,600) ranked by the Carnegie Foundation in the top group called Doctoral/Research Universities - Extensive.

    Alumni
    65 percent of alumni remain in Southeastern Wisconsin, and include many of Milwaukee’s business, cultural and community leaders. More than 100,000 UWM grads live in all 50 states and abroad.

    Among UWM’s many distinguished graduates are Golda Meir (Education ‘17), the former prime minister of Israel, for whom the UWM library is named.

    Notable graduates in the sports world include the late NASCAR champion Alan Kulwicki (Mechanical Engineering ‘77) and former NFL All-Pro defensive back Mike Reinfeldt (Business ‘75), vice president and chief financial officer of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. Reinfeldt previously worked for the Green Bay Packers. NFL referee Bill Carollo, who officiated the 2003 Super Bowl, is also a UWM grad.

    U.S World Cup standout Tony Sanneh also attended UWM, as did Illinois men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber.