Official Names of the Campus


Oshkosh State Normal School (also known as Oshkosh Normal School or ONS) - 1871-1927

Oshkosh State Teachers College (OSTC) - 1927-1951

Wisconsin State College, Oshkosh (also known as Oshkosh State College, or OSC)- 1951 - 1964

Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh - 1964-1971

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (More recently used without the dash) 1971- Present

In 2019, after the addition of the Fox Valley (Menasha) and Fond du Lac campuses through System-wide restructuring, the Regents approved the following names of the campuses: 

  • University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh Campus
  • University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Fond du Lac Campus
  • University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Fox Cities Campus