The University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, Fox Cities Campus (abbreviated as UWO Fox Cities and formerly known as the University of Wisconsin–Fox Valley) is a branch campus of the

University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh The University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh (UW Oshkosh or UWO) is a public university in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System and offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs to around 13,0 ...

and a member of the Universities of Wisconsin. It is located on in Menasha,

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. Prior to its

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with the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh in July 2018, the campus was a member of the University of Wisconsin Colleges. As of 2022, the campus enrolls 605 students, making it the second-largest of the UW branch campuses. The campus closed to the public on June 1, 2025, as part of a larger cut in regional campuses throughout the

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system.

Closure

Academics

The campus offers courses to begin any one of over 250 academic majors, leading to either an

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with emphases in 25 areas, or the Guaranteed Transfer Program, under which students are guaranteed admission to a four-year UW campus of their choice if they meet certain academic requirements. The Fox Cities campus also collaborates with other UW schools to offer

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s, including UW-Oshkosh, UW-Platteville, and UW-Milwaukee. UWO Fox Cities has a student-instructor ratio of 23:1; the average class size is 24 students. At least 80% of the faculty have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree. The school also offers over 30 extracurricular activities for continued learning outside the classroom.

Athletics

The Fox Cities Campus sponsors teams in women's volleyball and

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as a member of the independent

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. It formerly sponsored

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, and

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. Its campus mascot is the

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and the campus colors are gold, black and white. Prior to becoming a branch campus of UW–Oshkosh, the teams used maroon and black as their primary colors.

Buildings

The campus is also home to the Barlow Planetarium, a facility with a Digistar II 3-D projector, and the Weis Earth Science Museum, the official state mineralogical museum of Wisconsin. The $14 million Communication Arts Center was opened in 2009. The building was the first LEED-certified academic building in the University of Wisconsin System.

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