The University of Wisconsin-Madison, established in 1848, is recognized as one of the leading institutions of higher education in this country. All of the various schools and colleges - Agricultural and Life Sciences, Business, Continuing Studies, Education, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Graduate School, Human Ecology, International Studies, Journalism and Mass Communication, Law, Letters and Science, Library and Information Studies, Medicine and Public Health, Music, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Affairs, Social Work, and Veterinary Medicine - are contiguous on one campus along the shore of Lake Mendota. The 900+ acre campus is one of the largest and most beautiful in the country. For a slide show of campus, click here.
A world-class center of research and learning, U.W.-Madison has ranked among the top five U.S. universities for funded research for many years. Many UW departments and programs are ranked in the top few in the country. The campus also is home to many internationally recognized research centers, including the Biotechnology Center, the Institute for Molecular Virology, the Food Research Institute, the Laboratory for Optical and Computational Instrumentation, The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, the National Primate Research Center, the Waisman Center, the National Magnetic Resonance Facility, the Physical Sciences Laboratory, the Synchrotron Radiation Center, the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, and the Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center. Excellent libraries are available within the various schools and colleges. The faculty, recognized as leaders in their fields, serve on study sections and editorial boards and have been the recipients of the most prestigious national and international awards including the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Medal of Science.
The diversity of the student body adds to the richness of the educational experience. Madison's 41,000+ students are drawn from every state in the country, and the University has one of the largest international student populations of any university in the U.S. Approximately 11,000 students of the total enrollment are graduate students or in professional schools.
The Madison campus offers students innumerable opportunities to participate in artistic, cultural, political, recreational, service, and social clubs and organizations. Students have access to several state-of-the-art athletic facilities, an extensive intramural sports program, the exhibits of the Chazen Museum of Art, the University Arboretum, and the programs of the Wisconsin Union Theatre. The UW Hoofers Club offers an Outing Club, instruction in skiing and snowboarding, sailing, horseback riding, mountaineering, and scuba diving.
Ranked consistently as one of the best places to live in the U.S., Madison,
Wisconsin offers its residents natural beauty, a rich cultural and artistic
environment, excellent schools, little unemployment, and low crime rates.
Madison, the state capital, has a population of 208,054 (U.S. Census 2000) and is the only isthmus
city in North America. The four magnificent lakes that surround the city provide
for summer and winter sports, including swimming, canoeing, fishing, sailing,
skiing, and skating. The city offers fine libraries, parks, a zoo, and an
arboretum. State Street, a pedestrian
mall full of coffee shops, book stores and restaurants, joins the University
campus with the beautiful State
Capitol building, the second largest domed building in the nation.
Maps of Madison are available.
Madison's Dane County Regional Airport is served by many airlines (jet service: Northwest, United, Midwest Express; other: American, Delta, TWA) that provide connections to most major U.S. and international locations. More economical fares (range = $0-150, but during airfare wars the difference is basically nil) may be available into Milwaukee (90 minutes to Madison by car or bus) or Chicago (3 hours to Madison by car or bus). Bus service from O'Hare to Madison (stops directly at the University's Memorial Union) is frequent (8-10 scheduled trips/day) and inexpensive ($25 one way, contact Van Galder Bus Company, tel. # 608-752-5407, 1-800-747-0994).
Madison is approximately 146 miles northwest of Chicago, 77 miles west of Milwaukee and 258 miles southeast of Minneapolis via U.S. Interstates 90 or 94.
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