University of Wisconsin-Madison
#110
QS World University Rankings 2026
66.6
QS 2026 overall score
Ranking data
QS World University Rankings source#110
QS World University Rankings 2026
#116
QS World University Rankings 2025
66.6
QS 2026 overall score
Indicator-level data
Each card keeps the QS 2026 score and rank separate. A missing value is not estimated.
Academic reputation
- QS 2026 score
- 85.7
- QS 2026 rank
- #78
Employer reputation
- QS 2026 score
- 63.1
- QS 2026 rank
- #172
Faculty-student ratio
- QS 2026 score
- 84.3
- QS 2026 rank
- #141
Citations per faculty
- QS 2026 score
- 28.1
- QS 2026 rank
- #606
International faculty ratio
- QS 2026 score
- 57.7
- QS 2026 rank
- #400
International student ratio
- QS 2026 score
- 37
- QS 2026 rank
- #527
International student diversity
- QS 2026 score
- 42.6
- QS 2026 rank
- #488
International research network
- QS 2026 score
- 88.9
- QS 2026 rank
- #192
Employment outcomes
- QS 2026 score
- 91
- QS 2026 rank
- #96
Sustainability
- QS 2026 score
- 72.5
- QS 2026 rank
- #281
About University of Wisconsin-Madison
Public service provides context for UW-Madison research
University of Wisconsin-Madison describes itself as a public land-grant university and connects its work to the Wisconsin Idea, a tradition of extending university work beyond the campus. That is useful context when reading its research and outreach material. It suggests that teaching, discovery, and public-facing work are discussed together at the institutional level. It does not tell you what a particular degree or research group will do. For a focused comparison, identify the department or programme that hosts your subject and then examine the people, projects, and methods visible in that local setting.
The central academic pages show a wide selection of undergraduate and graduate study across schools and colleges. They also direct readers toward departments, courses, academic advising, and research opportunities. Use this information to understand the range of the institution, but keep your research note tied to a named academic route. Closely related interests may be organised differently across a large university. A question in biology, computation, environmental work, public health, engineering, or social research needs a specific academic home before it can be compared meaningfully with another option.
Research is organised across disciplines and shared support
UW-Madison's research pages describe inquiry across the humanities, sciences, medicine, engineering, and other fields, as well as work that involves collaboration across campus. They also refer to research administration, research integrity, innovation, and services that support researchers. This broader structure can help you understand how a project may connect to other people or facilities. It must not be treated as reliable proof that a particular student or programme will use a specific resource. The more reliable evidence comes from the department, centre, laboratory, or academic group closest to the topic you want to pursue.
When an interest seems interdisciplinary, use the public research material to generate better questions. Which unit leads the work? Is there a centre that explains the shared problem? Does the research group show a current project, method, or field setting related to your background? Take care not to turn a campus-wide research statement into a personal claim. A credible link has a clear path from the university's wider research environment to the local academic unit and, finally, to the question you could realistically develop there.
A disciplined way to compare UW-Madison options
Build a UW-Madison note around evidence that can be checked again. Include the degree or programme, its department or school, a relevant research group or centre, and a brief statement of the academic connection. Your evidence may come from previous data work, a thesis, field experience, laboratory practice, design work, or an inquiry refined through earlier study and further careful reflection. The record should help you see whether you have found a real connection, not simply a university with a broad subject area.
Update the note from current programme and unit pages before relying on it. The university's central research pages explain an institutional setting, while the units responsible for a degree provide the detail that matters for an individual path. The QS figures above are university-level data and should be read in that limited way. They cannot evaluate a specific school, research project, or match at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Keep the option active when its current academic evidence remains clear and relevant to your intended work.
Institution record
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Americas
- Status
- Public
- QS size code
- XL
- Profile record updated
- July 24, 2026
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