Research

UW–Madison ranks as one of the most prolific research universities in the world. Driven by a desire to both explore new worlds and to apply new ideas to real-world problems, research at UW–Madison isn't conducted only by faculty, staff and graduate students. Undergraduate research opportunities also are fostered, making research a truly campuswide enterprise.

Rankings

  • Research expenditures:

    2nd

  • Federally funded research:

    4th

  • Nonfederally funded research:

    2nd

  • Doctorates granted:

    5th
(Rankings among U.S. public universities.)
Student doing lab research

A student in the Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology works in a bacteriology research lab in the Microbial Sciences Building.

Federal Stimulus

Building our economy through discovery

Interdisciplinary research

Cluster Hiring Initiative

Research directory

Wisconsin Discovery Portal