100% graduate with applied learning experiences.
99% employed or continuing education.
100% programs advised by industry professionals.
Our Polytechnic Advantage
Polytechnic institutions are career-focused, technology-driven universities that offer undergraduate and graduate degrees based in applied learning and research along with all of the communication, critical-thinking, and analytical skills you develop at traditional universities. At UW-Stout, Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University, you'll spend more time in our labs and studios learning what other schools teach from textbooks. You'll work on industry-sponsored projects and complete paid internships long before you graduate. And you'll enter the workforce in demand by leading employers, including Fortune 500 companies.
Applied Learning & Research
Unlike other four-year universities, UW-Stout has 3x the labs and studios as traditional classrooms, so you'll spend more time applying your knowledge and skills in actual industry-aligned environments, doing undergraduate research, and in paid co-ops across the U.S., where you can earn while you learn. Applied learning is so much more than "hands on"; it's about training you to use your knowledge and skills to create real solutions to existing problems that will have an immediate impact.
Business & Industry Collaboration
Throughout your education, you'll connect in and out of class with leaders in your field who are driving innovation. UW-Stout's business and industry partnerships have helped us stay ahead of the competition in our curriculum and on the leading edge of change by providing our students with work on industry-sponsored projects using professional technology that they present to real clients.
Career-Focused Experiences
On top of your experiential learning, we'll prepare you to succeed long before you graduate. You'll meet recruiters as early as your second year as you line up co-op or internship placements. By the time you're preparing to graduate, you'll be back among familiar faces talking with the employers nationwide, including Fortune 500 companies, that actively recruit students like you at our career fairs—some of the largest in the Midwest. Our graduate employment rate has been near perfect within six months of graduation for decades.
