 Known today as the University of Wisconsin–Platteville Richland, the present campus opened in 1967 as the Richland Branch Campus of the Wisconsin State University-Platteville (now known as the University of Wisconsin–Platteville).With the 1972 merger of the University of Wisconsin and State University Systems, the campus became part of the University of Wisconsin Center System and was known as UW Center-Richland.In 1997, the name of the institution was changed to the University of Wisconsin Colleges and the campus name to UW–Richland.