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It’s easy to do! And, as of Dec. 11, 2020, there’s no undergraduate application fee.
Questions? Call the undergraduate admissions office at 414-229-2222.
Interested in a master’s or doctoral program? Apply to the UWM Graduate School.

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.Top Research Universities– Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
Best Online School– TheBestSchools.org
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Undergraduate
High-school seniors, returning students and transfers from technical colleges and other universities can apply to 98 bachelor’s degree programs at UWM, including fully online degree programs.

Graduate
UWM is proud to recruit students from around the nation and the world to fill our 66 master’s and 38 doctoral programs, including fully online degree programs through UWM Online.

International
More than 1,000 students from 83 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: