University of Colorado (CU)
at Boulder
Boulder, 80309
303-492-1411
www.colorado.edu
Colorado’s flagship university, CU was
founded in 1876 at the base of the Rocky
Mountains. Today the school also has two
campuses in Denver and one in Colorado
Springs. As one of 34 U.S. public
institutions belonging to the prestigious
Association of American Universities
(AAU)—and the only member in the
Rocky Mountain region—the school has a
proud tradition of academic excellence,
with five Nobel laureates and more than
50 members of prestigious academic
academies. CU’s strongest programs
include the sciences, engineering,
business, law, arts, humanities, education,
music, and many other disciplines. CU-Boulder has more than 30,300 students
and nine colleges and schools, and offers
3,400 courses in 150 fields of study.
Undergraduates can choose from 85
majors, and there are 70 master’s
programs and 50 doctoral programs. One
hundred research centers highlight the
university’s engagement with research.
University of Colorado Denver
1250 14th Street
Denver, 80217
303-556-5600
www.ucdenver.edu/denver
The University of Colorado Denver is one of
the nation’s top public urban research
universities. The campus was founded in
1912 as an extension of the University of
Colorado, the Denver campus became the
University of Colorado Denver in 1974. CU
Denver offers more than 90 degree
programs at the undergraduate and
graduate levels. Some of the school’s prized
colleges include architecture and planning,
arts and media, business, education,
engineering and applied sciences, liberal
arts and sciences, and public affairs.
CU Denver serves a diverse population of
more than 14,000 students, from recent
high school graduates to older students
who have already been in the workforce.
People from throughout the state attend
school here, as well as from around the
country and internationally. The school is
located on the Auraria Higher Education
Center in the middle of downtown
Denver. The campus is very close to
cultural and sports venues, as well as
Denver’s popular LoDo entertainment
district.
University of Colorado Anschutz
Medical Campus
13001 East 17th Place
Aurora, 80045
303-724-5000
www.ucdenver.edu/anschutz
The Anschutz Medical Campus of the
University of Colorado hosts millions of
dollars in health sciences research each
year. It is the only comprehensive
academic health sciences center in
Colorado and the largest in the Rocky
Mountain region as a whole. CU
Anschutz trains the health sciences
workforce of the future by blending
education, research and clinical care all
in one place. The university educates
more than 3,000 students in its research
and advanced health care programs at
the Anschutz Medical Campus. Schools
and colleges on the campus include:
School of Dental Medicine, School of
Medicine, College of Nursing, Skaggs
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Colorado School of Public
Health and a Graduate School. Partners
and affiliates include: the University of
Colorado Hospital, Children’s Hospital
Colorado, University Physicians, Inc.,
Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
National Jewish Health and Denver
Health.
The robust research programs at Anschutz
Medical Campus are known nationally.
Researcher inventions since 1992 have
led to 114 new companies and led to
more than $5.6 billion in financing. The
campus receives an average of $400
million in research grants each year.
On a campus designed to enhance
collaboration and interprofessional
education, students learn alongside
faculty members who also provide expert
clinical care to patients and make
meaningful medical discoveries.
The physicians at the University of
Colorado Hospital and Children’s
Hospital Colorado are also faculty
members at the School of Medicine. Not
just great doctors, they are scientists
leading research projects and teachers
who, to instruct the next generation of
caregivers, embrace the latest in research
and best ways to treat diseases.
