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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN ONE OF ONLY TWO PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN WISCONSIN OFFERING DOCTORAL FIVE FORTUNE 500 DEGREES TOP 131 welcomeNOTABLE UWM CORPORATIONS RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES ALUMNI INCLUDE IN MILWAUKEE CARNEGIE CLASSIFICATION OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION SATYA NADELLA RANKED #4 IN (CEO of Microsoft) MANPOWERGROUP HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF LUIS ARREAGA WEC ENERGY GROUP ENGINEERING DOCTORAL (U.S. ambassador) HARLEY-DAVIDSON DEGREES AWARDED TO FOREIGN NATIONALS MITCH WHITMORE 1,000+ (Olympic speedskater) BY SCHOOL THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF UNDERGRADUATE KIMBERLEY CHONGYON MOTLEY ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN 2017 (First foreign lawyer working in Afghanistan) RESEARCH JIM RYGIEL OPPORTUNITIES (Academy Award-winner, visual effects for Lord of the Rings)

30,000 works of art at the 800 MILWAUKEE + ART MUSEUM MUSICAL ACTS PERFORM AT SUMMERFEST, one of the largest music festivals in the world

UWM.EDU uwm and milwaukee WELCOME Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin with a regional population of 1.5 million people and the center of business, industry and culture in the state. The city is known for its year-round festivals, beautiful lakefront, friendly community and historic architecture.

UWM is located in a quiet, safe and attractive residential area and is within walking distance of Lake Michigan. Milwaukee’s downtown is a short car or bus ride away. All UWM students have access to the B.O.S.S. safe ride pick- up service, which provides students with secure transportation every day, and U-PASS, a transit program through the Milwaukee County bus system.

From outdoor concerts and film festivals to food trucks and 24-hour bike races, there’s always something to see and do in Milwaukee. The city’s biggest can’t-miss event is Summerfest, one of the largest music festivals in the world. Here are a few other factors that make Milwaukee stand out:

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welcome to your “It was difficult to decide to live university far away from my family, friends 24,955 The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is committed to and community, and learn a new STUDENTS global engagement through its curriculum, research activities, language. But when I thought and student and faculty mobility, and through partnerships about the progress I wanted to with universities and corporations around the world. be a part of and the contributions Established in 1956, UWM is a large, public research 20,278 I wanted to make to the world, university located in the city of Milwaukee in the One of 2019’s UNDERGRADUATE U.S. state of Wisconsin. UWM offers nearly two I knew it would be worth it.” 4 677 hundred programs of study at the bachelor’s, master’s , and doctoral level in a wide variety of disciplinary, BEST NASIM GRADUATE interdisciplinary and professional fields. MIDWESTERN Architecture PhD student Award-winning research is a key feature of UWM, Tehran, Iran 5% making admissions competitive. UWM is recognized as INTERNATIONAL an R1 top research university in the U.S. by the Carnegie Colleges STUDENTS Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. PRINCETON REVIEW

1 2 STEM ARCHITECTURE & ARTS BUSINESS AREAS OF STUDY For a complete list of degree programs, visit: uwm.edu/academics • Bachelor’s • Master’s • Doctoral College of Engineering & Applied One of the best Lubar School of Business Science Milwaukee is Wisconsin’s business and financial ARCHITECTURE PROGRAMS The college is home to 30 laboratories and SCHOOLS capital. The Lubar School is Wisconsin’s ARCHITECTURE & • Curriculum & Instruction • Health Care Informatics • International Studies largest metropolitan business school, with 68 professors, a combination offering quality IN THE U.S. URBAN PLANNING • Education •  Health Sciences • Journalism, Advertising, teaching and exciting research experience to strong connections to top companies and • •  Architecture • • Educational Psychology • • • Kinesiology & Media Studies 2,300 students. More than 20 student clubs a wide range of undergraduate, master’s • Architectural Studies • Nutritional Sciences • • • Linguistics and two annual career fairs provide students and doctoral programs. The Lubar School ENGINEERING • Urban Planning • •  Occupational Therapy • • • Mathematics opportunities to put their new engineering of Business is among only 5 percent of •  Biomedical and Health • Physical Therapy • Media Studies skills to work on real-world projects. School of Architecture & Urban Planning business schools worldwide accredited ARTS Informatics by AACSB International. The school’s •  Microbiology Named one of the best architecture schools in • Animation • • • Biomedical Engineering INFORMATION STUDIES array of professionally focused programs • Non-Profit Management the U.S. by the National Research Council, the • • • Civil Engineering • • Information Science includes a unique STEM-designated master’s • Art and Design & Leadership school attracts students and faculty from all • • Computer Engineering & Technology degree program in Information Technology • Art • • Philosophy over the world with its active interdisciplinary • • • Computer Science •  Information Studies programs. Academic programs include master’s Management. • • Dance • • •  Physics • • • Electrical Engineering • Library & Information Science and doctoral degree programs in architecture • Film • • • Political Science • Environmental Engineering and advanced degrees in urban planning. UWM • • Music LETTERS & SCIENCE • • • Psychology • Energy Engineering is one of only 23 universities in the U.S. to • Performing Arts • Actuarial Science • • • Sociology • Engineering Mechanics offer a doctoral degree in architecture. • Theatre Arts • • •  African and African • TESOL and Applied Linguistics WISCONSIN’S • • • Industrial Engineering Diaspora Studies • Translation and Interpreting BUSINESS • Manufacturing Engineering LARGEST • • • Anthropology Studies • Accounting • • • Materials Engineering METROPOLITAN • • Art History • • • Urban Studies • Business Administration •• • Mechanical Engineering BUSINESS SCHOOL • • • Atmospheric Science • • Women’s and Gender Studies • Finance • Occupational Biomechanics/ •  Biochemistry College of Letters & Science • Human Resources Management Ergonomics NURSING Sixty academic programs in the natural • • Information Technology • • •  Biological Sciences • • • Nursing and social sciences and humanities offer HEALTH Management FRESHWATER SCIENCES • • •  Chemistry • Sustainable Peacebuilding hundreds of research opportunities for • Management • Freshwater Sciences • • • Communication College of Health Sciences, College of undergraduate and graduate students. • Management Science & Technology • Comparative Literature PUBLIC HEALTH Nursing, Zilber School of Public Health Interdisciplinary programs welcome scholars • Marketing • Freshwater Sciences • Conservation & Environmental • Biostatistics from all over the world. A team of physicists UWM offers a range of academic programs in Science •  Environmental Health Sciences • Supply Chain and Operations HEALTH SCIENCES from the college helped detect gravitational nursing, public health, physical and occupational • • • Economics •  Epidemiology Management • Athletic Training waves in a major international collaboration therapy and biological and laboratory sciences. • • • English • • • Public Health UWM has the first nationally accredited • • Biomedical Sciences that earned the 2017 Nobel Prize in physics. EDUCATION • • • Geography public health graduate school in the state • • Communication Sciences SOCIAL WELFARE • Administrative Leadership • • •  Geosciences of Wisconsin. Faculty prepare students to & Disorders • • Criminal Justice • Community Engagement • Global Studies Peck School of the Arts work as health-care providers, research ways & Education • • Health Care Administration • • Social Work UWM’s Peck School of the Arts is Wisconsin’s to improve treatment of physical and mental • • • History largest public arts school, offering programs in health and promote healthier living in diverse TOP art and design, dance, film, music and theater. communities both locally and across the globe. NOTE: Information Sciences & Technology master’s degree only available online. GREEN In 2019, the entertainment magazine Variety STEM-designated degree programs can be found at: uwm.edu/STEM-designated-programs named UWM one of the top 50 film schools COLLEGE in the world because of UWM’s “dual focus THE PRINCETON REVIEW on the practical and theoretical worlds of filmmaking and storytelling, giving students the APPLY NOW! uwm.edu/apply flexibility to take on numerous fields of study.” School of Freshwater Sciences Milwaukee has an international reputation as a center for water technology and research. “UWM has a strong UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences, the only school of higher education in the U.S. dedicated solely to freshwater sciences, is research group studying a global leader in addressing water issues. gravitational wave astrophysics. I’m really thankful I got to be part “UWM was a perfect fit for me. There are so many different of the birth of this new degree programs here, including a great business program. field as early as As a member of the UWM soccer team, I got to see different graduate school.”

regions of the U.S., too. Overall, JASON DEBNANDINI it’s been a life-changing experience.” BBA in Marketing, Class of 2018 PhD in Physics, Class of 2018 Copenhagen, Denmark Asansol, India

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1 700 EMPLOYMENT Chinese Student and Scholar EMPLOYMENT forecast , + COMPANIES Association made me feel Our students intern and learn at hundreds of sites in Milwaukee RECRUIT welcome and helped me meet and beyond. Here’s a look at some of the employers who help AT UWM people. Two years later, I became provide our students with real-world experience. the Association’s president and ACCOUNTING, AUDITING ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE LOGISTICS met the city mayor.” & ACTUARIAL SCIENCE & SUSTAINABILITY MAJOR: Supply Chain & Operations MAJORS: Accounting, Actuarial Science, MAJORS: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Management Economics Conservation & Environmental Science, INTERNSHIP SITES: Direct Supply, ZHONGYUE INTERNSHIP SITES: AIG, Allstate, INTERNSHIP SITES: A-Chem LLC, Harley-Davidson, Master Lock, Rockwell MS in Electrical Engineering, Class of 2018 American Family Insurance, Argosy Foundation, Alcami Corp., Aldrich Chemical, Discovery Automation Currently working for Johnson Controls Baird, CliftonLarsonAllen, CUNA Mutual, World, Hydrite Chemical, Milwaukee County MARKETING & Inner Mongolia province of China Deloitte, Kohler, New York Life, Northwestern Zoo, Rustoleum, Wisconsin Department of Mutual, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Wipfli Natural Resources PUBLIC RELATIONS MAJORS: Communication; Journalism, ARCHITECTURE HEALTH CARE & NURSING Advertising & Media Studies; Marketing MAJOR: Architecture MAJORS: Health Sciences, Pre-Med, INTERNSHIP SITES: Briggs & Stratton, INTERNSHIP SITES: Eppstein Uhen, Nursing La Macchia Enterprises, Laughlin Constable, Gensler, HGA, JGMA, Johnsen Schmaling, INTERNSHIP SITES: Aurora Health Care, Marcus Hotels & Resorts, Milwaukee Bucks, Kahler Slater, Perkins+Will, Rinka Chung, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Froedtert Moon Landing, Mungo Creative, Pabst Theater, Workshop Architects & the Medical College of Wisconsin, the Racine County Zoo, RB Publishing, WISN-TV Milwaukee Brewers, Rogers Memorial Hospital uwm s CREATIVE INDUSTRIES SOCIAL WORK & ' ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACADEMY MAJORS: Arts, Digital Arts & Culture, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS & HUMAN SERVICES English, Graphic Design, Marketing BUSINESS MAJORS: Psychology, Social Work, The English Language Academy features three programs: INTERNSHIP SITES: Boelter + Lincoln, MAJORS: Chinese, Economics, French, Sociology Cannes Film Festival, Disney, EPIC Creative, Global Studies, International Studies, Political INTERNSHIP SITES: Aurora Psychiatric FleishmanHillard, Hal Leonard, Hoffman York, Science, Spanish, Supply Chain & Operations Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin THE INTENSIVE ENGLISH GRADUATE ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC Milwaukee Repertory Theater Management Community Services, Easter Seals, Kohl’s Early PROGRAM (IEP) PURPOSES (EAP) INTERNSHIP SITES: Alliance Française Childhood Development Center, Milwaukee CRIME ANALYSIS de Milwaukee, Dunamis Foundation, Emirates Public Schools, Milwaukee VA Medical Center, The IEP is based on the Common European Framework Graduate students who are admitted with English MAJORS: Criminal Justice, Geography, Math Airline, Milwaukee French Immersion School, United Community Center, Waukesha County of Reference and the Canadian Language Benchmarks. required (TOEFL 68-78, IELTS 6.0) are required to take INTERNSHIP SITES: Milwaukee Police PricewaterhouseCoopers – Warsaw, Sartori Department of Human Services Department, West Allis Police Department, IEP students can be conditional undergraduate or one course focusing on the skills where their TOEFL or Cheese, Saha Global, The Westin – Dublin High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, TEACHER EDUCATION graduate admits (contingent on graduate program IELTS sub-scores are the lowest – either Speaking and Intelligence Fusion Center COMPUTER SCIENCE, MAJORS: Art Education, Community approval). Conditionally admitted undergraduate and Listening or Reading and Writing. Any graduate student IT APPLICATIONS & Engagement & Education, Exceptional graduate students can move to full-time credit-bearing wishing to improve English language skills is welcome ENGINEERING NETWORK SECURITY Education MAJOR: Biomedical, Civil, Computer, INTERNSHIP SITES: Boys & Girls Clubs, courses without submitting new TOEFL or IELTS scores. to take the EAP graduate level courses. MAJORS: Computer Science, IT Electrical, Industrial, Materials Science, Management, Information Science & Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Historical Mechanical Technology, Web Development Society, Milwaukee Public Schools, Urban UNDERGRADUATE ENGLISH INTERNSHIP SITES: American INTERNSHIP SITES: Amazon, Baird, Ecology Center, Walker’s Point Center for English Proficiency Requirements Transmission Company, Foxconn, GE the Arts FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES (EAP) Direct Supply, FIS, Komatsu, Microsoft, TOEFL IELTS Healthcare, Johnson Controls, , Tesla National Security Agency, /Graphics Undergraduate EAP courses are divided into two (internet-based) distinct sequences: Bachelor’s Regular admission 79 6.5 • Sequenced reading and writing courses that lead Admission with English required 65-78 5.0-6.0 students to fulfillment of the campus General Conditional admission 0-64 0-4.5 Education Requirement for writing (English 102). Master’s/Ph.D. • Courses that help students admitted with English Regular admission 79 6.5 required improve their grammar, speaking and listening skills in their first year. Admission with English required 68-78 6.0 VISIT uwm.edu/ela EMAIL [email protected]

5 6 COST “My English professor recommended HOUISING highly ranked, the on-campus Writing Center to me. The tutors there helped improve my English and essay-writing skills. affordably priced Studying English can be hard, but UWM is a one-of-a-kind university, where affordable tuition meets academic UWM has really good instructors.” excellence. Here’s how we keep things budget-friendly: ESTIMATED CHULWOO Undeclared, Class of 2023 SCHOLARSHIPS 20 Seoul, South Korea More than 3,900 UWM undergraduates received tuition2019-20 over $10 million in scholarships in the 2017-18 academic year. All incoming students, including international nonresident undergrad $21,168 * students, are encouraged to apply for scholarship university housing opportunities. uwm.edu/scholarships nonresident grad $ * 25,282 Maximize convenience and enjoy your independence with a suite-style $ * ASSISTANTSHIPS est. books & other class materials 1,000 accommodation in one of UWM’s five on-campus residential communities. Graduate students have the opportunity for tuition remission via assistantships. There are four kinds of est health insurance $ * Each residence hall has its own personality, but here’s what most of them have in common: graduate student assistantships: teaching assistants, . 1,640 project assistants, program assistants and research *per academic year • Study lounges with Wi-Fi, fitness facilities, delicious dining and activities to get you feeling like part of the assistants. uwm.edu/graduateschool UWM community. NOTE: Certain programs may have higher tuition rates. • Meal plans range from $1,728 to $2,461 per semester and total estimated room and meals are $10,635 per academic year. All University Housing residents who live in suites without kitchens are required to choose a meal plan. There are also several grocery stores near campus. student employment • Residence-hall rooms cost between $4,850 and $8,030. The average cost is $6,446 per academic year.

International students can work up to 20 hours a week on campus while school Sandburg Hall and Kenilworth Square are two popular housing options for international students. is in session. But there are other employment opportunities for international For a complete list of UWM’s housing options, visit uwm.edu/housing. students, too, including: FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS & UP

CURRICULAR OPTIONAL PRACTICAL OPTIONAL PRACTICAL SANDBURG HALL PRACTICAL TRAINING TRAINING (OPT) TRAINING STEM Classic, suite-style residence (CPT) OPT is authorization for Some students are eligible to hall located in the heart of CPT provides off-campus work employment in your field of study apply for an 18-month extension campus. Building amenities authorization after one year either before or after degree during their initial 12 months include fitness room, cafeteria, of study for students with an completion. Most F-1 students of OPT, particularly students coffee shop, study lounge F-1 visa. A faculty member do 12 months of post-completion who have earned degrees in and movie theater. recommendation is required and OPT after graduation. More certain STEM fields and who a UWM immigration coordinator than 80 percent of international are employed by companies THIRD-YEAR STUDENTS & UP must authorize the employment. students who apply for OPT registered with the USCIS. KENILWORTH SQUARE Employment must be a required have job placements within the Students apply directly to the Chic private residences part of the program and grant first three months of graduation. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration for upper-level students and academic credit. Depending Students apply directly to the Services for the OPT STEM students 21 years old and on the academic program, CPT U.S. Citizenship and Immigration extension. older, located in Milwaukee’s options are limited. Services (USCIS) for OPT. 7 vibrant East Side. MINUTES TO 90 CHICAGO

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