QS ranking profile
University of Wisconsin-Madison
This page presents clearly labeled QS ranking data for orientation. It does not verify programs, supervisors, funding, admission requirements, or the university's website.
- QS 2026 rank
- #110
- Up 6 places since 2025
- QS 2025 rank
- #116
- Overall score
- 66.6
Explore opportunities at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Browse active research positions, doctoral fellowships, and university funding calls indexed from official faculties and verified sources.
QS indicators
Reported ranking indicators
Each indicator is scored out of 100 in the same QS snapshot as the summary above.
#78 worldwide
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#281 worldwide
Institution profile
How QS classifies this institution
QS groups institutions by size, subject range, and research output.
- Size
- Extra large
- More than 30,000 students
- Subject range
- Focused
- Teaches a limited range of faculty areas
- Research intensity
- Very high
- Very high research output in the QS classification
- Region
- Americas
- QS regional grouping
University profile
About University of Wisconsin-Madison
Editorial background written for orientation. Verify programs, funding, and admission on the university's official pages.
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.