University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
TypePublic
Established1907
Administrative staff
1345
Students614 (MD), 2114 (TOTAL)
Location, ,
CampusUrban
Websitemed.wisc.edu
A view of UW Health University Hospital, the Health Sciences Learning Center, and the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research rising above Lake Mendota, on the western edge of the UW–Madison campus

The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH) is a professional school for the study of medicine and public health at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. It is one of only two medical schools in Wisconsin, along with the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, and the only public one.

UWSMPH's main building, the Health Sciences Learning Center, is located at the western end of UW–Madison's campus, adjacent to the UW Health University Hospital, its primary affiliated teaching hospital, as well as the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research. UWSMPH is active in teaching and research, and extramural research grants received by UWSMPH totaled US$367.8 million in 2017–18, accounting for 40 per cent of all research grants received by UW–Madison.[1]

  1. ^ "Facts". Retrieved 2019-06-09.