2.1.1 International 2.1.2 National 2.2 Research 2.3 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 2.4 Letters & Science Honors P

," a publicly funded university considered as providing a quality of education comparable to those of the Ivy League.[6][7]
UW–Madison is organized into 20 schools which enrolled 29,153 undergraduate, 8,710 graduate, and 2,570 professional students and granted 6,040 bachelor's, 3,328 graduate and professional degrees in 2008.[8] The university employs 2,054 faculty members. Its comprehensive academic program offers 135 undergraduate majors, along with 151 master's degree programs and 107 doctoral programs.[9]
The UW is categorized as an RU/VH Research University (very high research activity) in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.[10] In 2010, it had research expenditures of more than 1 billion dollars.[11] In 2008, the University's R&D expenditures were ranked the third highest in the nation.[12] Wisconsin is a founding member of the Association of American Universities.[13]
The Wisconsin Badgers compete in 25 intercollegiate sports in the NCAA's Division I Big Ten Conference and have won 28 national championships.
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1 History
1.1 The Wisconsin Idea
1.2 World War II
1.3 Expansion
1.4 Student activism
1.5 Timeline of notable events
2 Academics
2.1 Rankings
2.1.1 International
2.1.2 National
2.2 Research
2.3 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
2.4 Letters & Science Honors Program
3 Campus
3.1 Bascom Hall
3.2 Music Hall
3.3 George L. Mosse Humanities Building
3.4 Van Hise Hall
3.5 Grainger Hall
3.6 The Wisconsin Union
3.7 Dejope Hall
4 Libraries
5 Museums
6 Effigy mounds
7 Athletics
7.1 Football
7.2 Men's basketball
7.3 Women's basketball
7.4 Ice hockey
7.5 Rivalries
7.6 Mascot
8 Student life
8.1 Media
8.1.1 Student publications