the campus was established in 1963 as an extension of the university of wisconsin–madison. the original campus consisted of three buildings and was expanded to six buildings in 1971. in 1973, the current university of wisconsin system was formed with uw–marshfield/wood county becoming one of 14 charter university of wisconsin center two-year campuses. the campus was a member of the university of wisconsin colleges until july 1st, 2018, when uw-marshfield/wood county and uw-marathon county became satellite campuses of the university of wisconsin-stevens point. on august 24, 2018, the uw system regents approved renaming uw-marshfield/wood county as the university of wisconsin-stevens point at marshfield.