Wisconsin approves new UW-Madison engineering building

image: continuum smithgroup. artist’s concepts of the new building.

“On March 6, 2024, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers gave final approval to fund a new College of Engineering building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

‘The approval of a new building for UW-Madison’s College of Engineering is a tremendous step forward for our campus, allowing us to educate about 1,000 additional undergraduates in engineering at a time when Wisconsin employers urgently need more engineers, and expanding our engineering faculty’s ability to do innovative, life-changing research,’ says UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin.

In recognition of the college’s critical importance on campus, its research impact, and its contributions to the overall health and growth of Wisconsin’s economy, the building had been UW-Madison’s top priority, as well as that of the Universities of Wisconsin (formerly UW System).

Now it will add the safe, modern and flexible space the College of Engineering urgently needs to expand. It will be a catalyst for attracting additional top engineering faculty. It will expand hands-on learning environments for students. It will allow the college to aggressively pursue emerging research opportunities, coalesce around common challenges and goals, collaborate with industry partners, and create innovations that drive economic growth in our state and beyond.

Importantly, it will enable the college to accept, educate and graduate many more exceptional students as it strives to meet the burgeoning need for talented, creative engineers. Graduates of the state’s flagship engineering program are prepared not only to excel as members of the workforce, but also to be engineering leaders in companies, academia and government organizations worldwide.”

Quote from engineering.wisc.edu