About us

Our Story

In 1893, the Wisconsin legislature established a “normal school” in Superior to train school teachers. The Superior Normal School, which evolved into the University of Wisconsin-Superior, welcomed its first students in 1896. By providing trained, well-educated teachers, the institution helped the small towns and rural areas of the region to grow and prosper.

Our Mission
Throughout its history, the University of Wisconsin-Superior has committed to improving the lives and livelihoods of people in northwestern Wisconsin and beyond by seeking knowledge and spreading it to all who may benefit.

To accomplish these ends, the University will:

1. Provide students with a carefully articulated and comprehensive foundation in liberal studies as a base for all degree programs.
2. Award associate and baccalaureate degrees in selected fields in education, arts, humanities, sciences, social sciences, business, and pre-professional programs.
3. Offer graduate programs in areas associated with its undergraduate emphases and strengths.
4. Extend its undergraduate and graduate resources beyond the boundaries of the campus through alternative delivery of programs.

Mission of the Universities of Wisconsin
The mission of the Universities of Wisconsin is to develop human resources, to discover and disseminate knowledge, to extend knowledge and its application beyond the boundaries of its campuses, and to serve and stimulate society by developing in students heightened intellectual, cultural, and humane sensitivities, scientific, professional and technological expertise, and a sense of purpose. Inherent in this broad mission are methods of instruction, research, extended training, and public service designed to educate people and improve the human condition. Basic to every purpose of the Universities of Wisconsin is the search for truth.