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Students

Whether you take just a few classes with us or complete a full program, you will gain:

  • Critical thinking skills in analyzing social and cultural problems, interrogating gender and sexuality related cultural assumptions and norms, and imagining alternatives
  • Understanding of critical theories of gender and sexuality as they intersect with race, ethnicity, class, religion, nationality, geopolitical, and regional specificities
  • Knowledge about marginalized perspectives and the insights that can be drawn from them for social changes
  • Appreciation for the connections between everyday lives, personal experience, and issues of social justice
  • Strong analytical and organizational skills
  • Civic engagement and advocacy skills to make links between community, business, education, and government organizations

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Scholarships and Awards
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Undergraduate
Learn more about our undergraduate programs, how to declare your major and access helpful resources to make the most of your learning experience at UWM.
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Graduate
Explore our graduate programs, learn how to apply and access other helpful resources to for UWM graduate students.
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UW-Milwaukee Facts

Degrees Awarded4,9052022–2023
Students Who Are39%First-Generation Students
Undergraduate18,674Enrollment
Graduate4,208Enrollment

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.