Madison Area Technical College
| Motto | Real world smart. |
|---|---|
| Type |
Public Technical College |
| Established | 1912 |
| President | Jack E. Daniels, III |
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Academic staff
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2,400 |
| Students | 16,139 |
| Location | Madison, Wisconsin, United States |
| Campus | Urban |
| Nickname | MATC (de jure) Madison College (de facto) |
| Colors | Blue & White |
| Mascot | Wolfie |
| Website | madisoncollege |
Madison Area Technical College (Madison College) (informally MATC) is a technical and community college centered in Madison, Wisconsin. It serves students in parts of 12 counties in south-central Wisconsin: Adams, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Juneau, Marquette, Richland, Rock, and Sauk. Campus locations include several throughout the city of Madison and four regional sites in the cities of Reedsburg, Watertown, Fort Atkinson, and Portage.
It is among the largest of the 16 schools in the Wisconsin Technical College System, serving 5,392 full-time and 10,747 part-time students in 2012. In addition to traditional, campus-based courses, the college offers degrees and courses in online, accelerated (6-week), compressed (8-week), and hybrid formats.
The college was founded in 1912 as the Madison Continuation School, providing vocational education, citizenship, and homemaking classes. In 1921, it moved into a building next to the former Madison Central High School in downtown Madison and became known as Madison Vocational School.
In response to the Great Depression, the Madison Vocational School created non-credit, continuing education courses in artisan crafts, such as millinery, woodworking, and chair-caning. During the 1942-43 academic year, courses met on the third shift to teach skills needed for wartime manufacturing jobs.
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