The University of Wisconsin-Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System and one of the most highly regarded public research universities in the world. Founded in 1848 — the same year Wisconsin became a state — UW-Madison is consistently ranked in the top 10 public universities nationally and has exceptional programs in education, business (Wisconsin School of Business), engineering, agriculture, political science, and the sciences. UW-Madison is a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and of the Association of American Universities. Madison is one of the most liva…