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Bascom Hill in SpringThe University of Wisconsin-Madison is a public land-grant institution, founded in 1849, known for its educational quality and physical beauty. The primary purpose of the university "is to provide an environment in which faculty and students can discover, examine critically, preserve, and transmit the knowledge, wisdom, and values that will help ensure the survival of the present and future generations with improvement in the quality of life." More than 40,000 students attend the UW-Madison, with nearly 8,000 faculty and staff. The university offers equal opportunity to men and women of all races, creeds, and ages.
The graduate, professional, and research programs at the UW-Madison are among the most highly respected in the nation. The university provides a multitude of academic, research, and clinical resources to facilitate graduate and professional study. Among those resources are campus libraries, housing nearly 5.9 million volumes, more than 4 million microfilm items, and hundreds of thousands of government documents and other items; in addition, students and staff can search more than 30 million citations in a variety of available journal and information databases. The Madison community, with a diverse array of rehabilitation and human service agencies, also provides excellent resources for clinical experience and professional development. Madison is a beautiful and pleasant city in which to live and study and has been previously ranked as the best place to live in America by Money Magazine, in addition to receiving many other awards as an outstanding community in which to live, work, and play.
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