Academic Buildings

Recognized as the 10th-best public university in the nation (U.S. News & World Report), UW–Madison is built on 936 acres and surrounded by lakes. Since our founding in 1848, the university has grown to include 388 buildings. The university’s largest building is the Clinical Science Center, at 1,897,439 square feet, while the smallest is the ivy-covered Carillon Tower at just 1,694 square feet.

Engineering Campus

Large classroom of students working at workstations. — Engineering classroom.

A worker tests a circuit board in a research and development facility at Astronautics Corporation of American, an aviation instrument manufacturer in Milwaukee, Wis.

A team of students reveal their group's in-progress design for the Badgerloop Pod II during an event held for media, sponsors and supporters at the Mechanical Engineering Building lobby.

Research assistant takes a behind-the-wheel virtual drive in a modified Ford Fusion in the Driving Simulation Laboratory.

Pedestrians walk through a fall-colored Engineering Mall near the Maquina statue during an early-season snowstorm — Engineering Mall.

A certified flight instructor holds a flight simulator session with a students as part of a class called Intro to Private Pilot — A certified flight instructor holds a flight simulator session with a students.

Jerrold Robaidek describes satellite weather imagery displayed on computer monitors in the Space Science and Engineering Center Data Center in the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences Building.

First-year engineering students Alexander Ratnasamy, left, and Ethan Stelzer cut out formed masks during a Thermoforming Halloween Masks workshop at the UW Makerspace.

Lesley Sager, faculty associate in design studies, talks with undergraduate student Fuad Ahmed about his computer-aided design (CAD) for a portable garden prototype during Design Studies 341: Design Studies for Transformation, a class held in the UW Makerspace — Lesley Sager, faculty associate in design studies, talks with undergraduate student Fuad Ahmed about his computer-aided design (CAD) for a portable garden prototype during a class held in the UW Makerspace.

Undergraduate students Courtney Cotey, Quinn Burzynski, and Nadia Tahir work on a harvest basket prototype during Design Studies 341: Design Studies for Transformation, a class held in the UW Makerspace — Students work on projects in the UW Makerspace.

A group of entrepreneurs from a local startup business collaborate at the UW Makerspace — Students work on projects in the UW Makerspace.

UW students take part in a Material Science & Engineering 350 class session taught by faculty associate Ahmad Saatchi held in Wendt Commons — UW students take part in a Material Science & Engineering class.

Research specialist Benjamin Kujak-Ford and graduate student Michael Bongard perform maintenance work on the Pegasus Toroidal Experiment in the Engineering Research Building.

Aaron Simmons, graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, works with stem cells in a lab in Engineering Hall.

Barry Van Veen (right), professor of computer and electrical engineering, works with students in his ECE 330: Signals and Systems class.

Woman with goggles working on a machine — Students working on a machine.

Nancy Nicholas Hall: School of Human Ecology

University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank reads the book, The Little Red Hen, to children at the School of Human Ecology (SOHE) Preschool Laboratory in Nancy Nicholas Hall — UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank reads the book, "The Little Red Hen," to children at the School of Human Ecology Preschool Laboratory in Nancy Nicholas Hall.

Morning light illuminates the snow-covered Nancy Nicholas Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during a winter morning when the temperature was six below zero. — Nancy Nicholas Hall.

Students work during a Design Studies 501 class, School of Human Ecology.

The Nancy Nicholas Hall and the surrounding snow-covered area are pictured from a rooftop view — Nancy Nicholas Hall.

A model walks the runway showcasing a piece of student-designed clothing during "Threads: IMPACT," an annual fashion show.

Morning sunlight casts patterned shadows on an outdoor patio and seating area at Nancy Nicholas Hall — Outdoor patio and seating area at Nancy Nicholas Hall.

During shortening-daylight hours of autumn, lights from a late-afternoon School of Human Ecology class in Nancy Nicholas Hall — Nancy Nicholas Hall.

Students listen to lecturer Robert McCalla during his Consumer Science 275: Consumer Finance course in the School of Human Ecology, — Students listen to lecturer Robert McCalla during his Consumer Science 275: Consumer Finance course in the School of Human Ecology.

Students study in a third-floor common area near a roof terrace in the newly renovated Nancy Nicholas Hall — Students study in a third-floor common area near a roof terrace in Nancy Nicholas Hall.

Students study in a second-floor common area near the Robin's Nest Café in the newly renovated Nancy Nicholas Hall — Students study in a second-floor common area near the Robin's Nest Café in Nancy Nicholas Hall.

Students in Lesley Hayman-Sager's Design Fundamentals 220 class take measurements in the Design Gallery in the School of Human Ecology.

Pedestrians enter the new Nancy Nicholas Hall, which houses the School of Human Ecology — Pedestrians enter the new Nancy Nicholas Hall.

Children and instructors interact in the School of Human Ecology Preschool Lab — Children and instructors in the School of Human Ecology Preschool Lab.

Students in associate lecturer Emelia Haglund's Textile Design: Weaving I course make color selections from a wall of hue-organized thread options in a design studio in the School of Human Ecology.

Henry Mall and Agriculture Hall

The University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, including Henry Mall and Engineering Hall, are pictured in an early morning aerial taken from a helicopter — The University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, including Henry Mall.

Agricultural Hall is pictured in an aerial view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus during an autumn sunset — Agricultural Hall.

Bumble bees gather pollen on echinacea flowers outside of Agricultural Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on July 24, 2017. (Photo by Bryce Richter / UW-Madison) — Agriculture Hall.

Sunlight shines through the glass roof and warms a variety of plant life housed in the Botany Greenhouse inside of Birge Hall a — Botany Greenhouse inside of Birge Hall.

Kids pet baby pigs during CALS Day for Kids at the Stock Pavilion.

A group of cows relax and eat feed in the relatively balmy, 53-degree shelter of the Dairy Cattle Center — A group of cows relax and eat feed in the Dairy Cattle Center.

Overhead shot of student in a lecture hall. — Students in a lecture in Agriculture Hall.

Undergraduates kick off a new academic year on the first day of class in a Nutritional Sciences 132: Nutrition Today course.

Robert Lipinski, professor of comparative biosciences in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine, looks at a pair of fetal pig specimens with an abnormal proboscis structure and double-globe cyclopia, — Robert Lipinski, professor of comparative biosciences in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine, looks at a pair of fetal pig specimens with an abnormal proboscis structure and double-globe cyclopia.

Students take part in a lab session during a Microbiology 551: Capstone Research Project.

John Parrish (right), professor of animal science, works with students in his Animal Science 375: Equine Reproductive Management class.

Pedestrians walk past iconic flowerbeds -- planted by Physical Plant staff to create the shape of the letters "U" and "W" -- in front of Agricultural Hall — Plant beds in front of Agriculture Hall.

Soybean plants grow under greenhouse lights at the Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center.

Students and pedestrians walk along snow-covered sidewalks near Agricultural Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison — Agriculture Hall in winter.

An undergraduate student enlists the help of classmates to construct a tensegrity model -- a structure held together using isolated floating compression -- during a class, Zoethica: Bioinspired Art and Science.

Rennebohm Hall: School of Pharmacy

The School of Pharmacy's new Rennebohm Hall during autumn, with the WARF building in the background — The School of Pharmacy's Rennebohm Hall.

The Rennebohm Building on a clear blue day. — The Rennebohm Building.

A public art piece that lists donors to the Rennebohm Building.

A circular monument with a relief of an R representing the Rennebohm legacy.

Signe Skott Cooper Hall

Cooper Hall is located in the health sciences campus that includes not only nursing, but medicine, public health, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, and affiliated hospitals as well. Cooper hall is LEED-certified, meaning it allows for natural light throughout the building. It boasts some of the largest active-learning classrooms in the country, simulation suites featuring hospital, home, e-health, and clinical simulation areas, the Curran Commons for study and relaxation, and a wellness area with desk treadmill walk stations, massage stations, rooms for meditation and self-care, and commuter showers.