University of Wisconsin–Madison

Advising Community

Learn more about the advising community at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, including the UW advising model, guiding principles, and core competencies.

UW Academic & Career Success Model

Learn about the structure of advising at UW-Madison and how both centralized coordination along with decentralized advising services provide students with the best undergraduate experience.

Guiding Principles

Review the Guiding Principles, intended to provide a broad foundation for advising, career services, and learning support practice as well as a vision toward which we can strive while doing our part to reinvigorate the undergraduate experience at UW-Madison.

Core Competencies

Learn about the academic advising core competencies, developed to provide guidance for hiring, training, professional development, and performance review of individuals with academic advising responsibilities at UW-Madison.