Skip to page content

Skip to navigation

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Go to Wisc.edu

Prospective Students

Skip sidebar and go to page body

Come Learn About Life

The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is a very special place. Students feel at home in our small college with on average an undergraduate population of 2,200 students. Our students get personal attention from faculty and staff — every student meets regularly with a faculty advisor and we have one faculty member for every nine students.

Our students enjoy small classes, averaging 30 students, taught by some of the world's leading scientists and they get to do the real stuff! As a student you will be exposed to interesting, useful, hands-on applied learning experiences in labs and industry, on and off the campus.

What do we offer?

  • Twenty-five majors plus certificate programs.
  • Prepare for a successful career. Read about what types of careers CALS graduates have gone on to pursue.
  • A unique honors program that allows undergraduates to design their very own research project.
  • A small college atmosphere with 2,100 undergraduates and faculty advising while being part of a world-class research institution.
  • An outstanding scholarship program that awards between $450,000 and $500,000 each year — 40% going to incoming freshmen.
  • A Career Services office that offers on campus interviews for internships and permanent positions as well as a staff that will help you develop your interviewing skills and resume.

The faculty, staff and students in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences are the problem-solvers of today and tomorrow. Discoveries made by our students and faculty have made a difference in your world. We discovered vitamins A and B as well as blood thinners and learned how to add vitamin D to food and add iodine to salt among other things too numerous to list here.

Please look around our website. If we can be of any help please feel free to call us at 1-877-919-CALS or send us an email at undergrads@cals.wisc.edu. You can also write us at Prospective Students Services, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, 116 Agricultural Hall, 1450 Linden Dr., Madison, WI 53706.