Apply for Free! Dec. 14-22

We want you to be a part of our Panther family! And we want to make your college application process easier. We’ll waive the $50 application fee if you apply to UWM between Dec. 14 and Dec. 22. Here’s how you do it:
  1. Register and complete the UW System application.
  2. Complete all the steps through “Sign and Submit Your Application.” Once you’ve done that, you’ve applied to UWM. Congratulations!
  3. The usual next step is to “Submit Payment.” You can skip this if you apply between 12:01 a.m. Dec. 14 and 11:59 p.m. Dec. 22.
This offer is for new undergraduate applicants for the 2020 summer and fall terms. Questions? Call the undergraduate admissions office at 414-229-2222. Apply now
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A college education is the most important investment you’ll ever make in yourself. When you choose UWM, you join a vibrant and diverse community of award-winning scientists, educators and other high-achieving students like you. As a public research university, UWM is a highly valuable choice.

Life-changing research and quality academics are what UWM does best. Off campus, a UWM education is a powerful networking tool. Gain experience in one of our hundreds of community partnerships. Land a Fortune 500 internship. Tap into a thriving network of UWM alumni.
One of America’s
Top Research Universities– Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
Wisconsin’s
Best Online School– TheBestSchools.org
Best Midwestern
University– Princeton Review (2017)
199 academic programs

Undergraduate

High-school seniors, returning students and transfers from technical colleges and other universities can apply to 94 bachelor’s degree programs at UWM, including fully online degree programs.

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Graduate

UWM is proud to recruit students from around the nation and the world to fill our 67 master’s and 37 doctoral programs, including fully online degree programs through UWM Online.

International

More than 1,200 students from 90 countries attend UWM, where they can feel at home living and learning in Wisconsin’s largest and most diverse city.

Three Campuses, One Mission

UWM welcomes the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Washington County to its Panther family. For information on how to apply to either of these two campuses, follow the links below: