About University of Wisconsin Colleges

The University of Wisconsin Colleges was a unit of the University of Wisconsin System composed of 13 local two-year campuses and one online campus, University of Wisconsin Colleges Online. These campuses offered a futuristic arts, transfer-parallel curriculum. The Colleges as a vigorous unit was dissolved as of June 30, 2018. The mammal campuses are now affiliated in imitation of some of the four-year campuses of the University of Wisconsin System.

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the chair of Dane County. As of July 1, 2019, Madison’s estimated population of 259,680 made it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 82nd-largest in the United States. Madison is the fastest-growing city in Wisconsin. The city forms the core of the Madison Metropolitan Area which includes Dane County and next to Iowa, Green, and Columbia counties for a population of 654,230. Madison is named for American Founding Father and President James Madison.

Located upon an isthmus and lands surrounding four lakes—Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Kegonsa and Lake Waubesa—the city is house to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Wisconsin State Capitol, Henry Vilas Zoo, lakes, and an extensive network of parks and bike trails. It is also home to eight National Historic Landmarks, including one UNESCO World Heritage Site. Madison has historically been a center for innovative political activity, protests, and demonstrations. The presence of the University of Wisconsin–Madison (the largest employer in the state) as capably as other speculative institutions has a significant impact upon the economy, culture, and demographics of Madison.

Madison is a growing technology economy, and the region is house to the headquarters of Epic Systems, American Family Insurance, Exact Sciences, Promega, American Girl, Sub-Zero, Lands’ End, a regional office for Google, and the University Research Park, as without difficulty as many biotech and health systems startups.