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The present-day University of Wisconsin System was created on October 11, 1971, by Chapter 100, Laws of 1971, which combined the former University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin State Universities systems into an enlarged University of Wisconsin System.
1838 – The state territorial legislature passes a bill to establish a University of Wisconsin “at or near Madison, the seat of government.” 1848 – Wisconsin’s first governor, Nelson Dewey, approves the UW through the incorporation act of July 26 and invests its government in a board of regents.
There are eighty-five colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Wisconsin that are listed under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison) is the state's largest public post-secondary institution, with a fall 2010 enrollment of 42,180 students.
InstitutionLocation (s) [ Note 7]Control [ Note 8]Type [ Note 9]Private not-for-profitPrivate not-for-profitPrivate not-for-profitPrivate not-for-profitOct 18, 2021 · When a bill was signed by then-Gov. Patrick Lucey and became law between Oct. 8 and Oct. 12, 1971, the University of Wisconsin System was formed, merging two state higher education systems. The UW System marked the anniversary at its recent Board of Regents meeting and in an Oct. 12 news release.
May 17, 2018 · Since 1851, the University of Wisconsin has become one of the country's preeminent universities; the majority of its academic disciplines and professional and graduate programs consistently rank among the top twenty-five in the nation.
The Wisconsin Idea began as the principle that knowledge and education should be used to ensure that the people of the State could retain and exercise power in their government and economy. This vision, shared by the State and the University, led to Wisconsin’s rise to fame in the early 1900s.
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In 1964, officials reclassified Wisconsin’s state colleges as universities and the institution was renamed Wisconsin State University-Superior. In 1971, it joined the Universities of Wisconsin and became the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
