「うちの大学にはノーベル賞受賞者がおおぜおいる」という自慢をする大学がありますが、実は、その受章者は別の大学を卒業している、という場合が多くＵＣＬＡは、そういう大学の一つです。
一方、University of Wisconsin-Madisonは１９４４年以降、その大学で学び（修士、博士を含む）、その後ノーベル賞を受賞した者の人数が何と１３名もいます。
そのうち１２名が医学、物理、化学分野での受賞であり、この大学の教育の質が如何に高いかを示しているでしょう。
- 1944 - Herbert Gasser (B.S. 1910)
Physiology, Medicine: Study of the differentiated functions of individual nerve threads - 1956 - John Bardeen (B.S. 1928, M.S. 1929)
Physics: Discovery of the transistor effect - 1958 - Edward Tatum (M.S. 1932, Ph.D. 1934)
Physiology, Medicine: The metabolism of bacteria, yeasts and molds - 1972 - Stanford Moore (Ph.D. 1938)
Chemistry: Research on the structure of ribonuclease, a complex protein - 1972 - John Bardeen (B.S. 1928, M.S. 1929)
Physics: Research on superconductivity - 1977 - John Van Vleck (A.B. 1920)
Physics: Contributions to the development of electronic solid state circuitry and to theories of magnetism and conductivity - 1979 - Theodore Schultz (M.S. 1928, Ph.D. 1930)
Economics: Economics of developing countries - 1991 - Erwin Neher (M.S. 1967)
Medicine: Discovery of a method to study ion channels in cell membranes - 1997 - Paul D. Boyer (M.S. 1941, Ph.D. 1943)
Chemistry: Discovery of the process that makes adenosine triphosphate - 1999 - Guenter Blobel (Ph.D. 1967)
Medicine: Discovery of how proteins move into the correct places within a cell - 2000 - Alan MacDiarmid (M.S. 1952, Ph.D. 1953)
Chemistry: Discovery of polymers that conduct electricity - 2000 - Jack St. Clair Kilby (M.S. 1950)
Physics: Invention of integrated circuit - 2015 - William C. Campbell (M.A. 1954, Ph.D. 1957)
Physiology, Medicine: Discovery of drug that lowers incidence of tropical diseases