University of Wisconsin-River Falls

The University of Wisconsin-River Falls, known as UW-River Falls or UWRF, is a public university in River Falls, Wisconsin, United States, and part of the University of Wisconsin System. It was founded in 1874 as River Falls State Normal School, one of the state normal schools created to prepare students for teaching careers and to provide better education to the frontier regions of the state. The 226-acre campus sits on the Kinnickinnic River in the St. Croix River Valley, with 32 major buildings and two laboratory farms on 303 acres in all. In 2024-25 it enrolled 5,222 students in more than 70 areas of study and hosts the St. Croix Institute for Sustainable Community Development.