The University of Wisconsin is fairly prestigious internationally. We have a huge research budget, so we’re constantly trying to move the world forward.
UW was an original member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), along with most of the Ivy League, Johns Hopkins, the U of Michigan, Cal-Berkeley, Stanford, and a few other academic powerhouses.
UW has won a bunch of Nobel Prizes – not the most, but a respectable number.
Most of our grad and PhD programs are ranked in the top 25 among US universities, and many of those are in the top ten. (and where undergrad program rankings are available, we typically show well at that level too.)