UW-Stevens Point has a long and proud academic tradition. In 1894 Stevens Point Normal School opened its doors as a teacher training school to 300 students. We are now one of the 13 units of the University of Wisconsin System with approximately 8,400 undergraduate and graduate students.
Students attend classes in seven major buildings in a six square block area.
Old Main and the University Center lie south of the academic core while the residence halls are on the north side of campus. UWSP's Treehaven Field Station , resting on a glacial ridge overlooking 1,400 acres of forest and wetlands 80 miles north of campus, is a residential natural resources education and conference facility. Greyhound Bus Lines. In the Spring of 1998, the university was reaccredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools for the maximum ten-year period.