Academics

International education has been incorporated into the lives of many at the University of Colorado Boulder, enriching the academic, research, and cultural environment of campus and beyond.

A CU-Boulder faculty member lecturing students

CU Boulder is recognized in national and international rankings for our strong academic programs, faculty and research.

#33

in the US
—U.S. News & World Report’s Ranking of U.S. Public Universities, 2014

#11

in physics
—Shanghai Jiaotong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities, 2013

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#33

in the world
—Shanghai Jiaotong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities, 2013

#23

in business
—U.S. News & World Report’s Ranking of U.S. Public Universities, 2014

#17

in engineering
—U.S. News & World Report’s Ranking of U.S. Public Universities, 2014

#30

in chemistry
—Shanghai Jiaotong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities, 2013

Degree Programs

Undergraduate programs: CU-Boulder's undergraduate education focuses on academic excellence, community outreach, global competency, and career readiness. CU-Boulder offeres 80 majors at the bachelor's level andmore than 30 concurrent bachelor's and master's degree programs.

Graduate programs: As a top-tier research insitution, CU-Boulder offers 49 doctorial and 51 master's degree programs ina full rnage of disciplines. Our graduate students participate in the creation of new data, ideas, and techniques with professors who are actively involved in research and creative activity.

Total Enrollment
29,772

62% resident
32% nonresident
7% international

3,600

Academic Courses

150

Areas of Study

18:1

Student/Faculty Ratio

International Research

Each year, CU-Boulder faculty collaborate with researchers all over the world on hundreds of research and creative efforts that cross virtually every academic discipline—from measuring ice melt in Greenland, the Arctic and Antarctica, to engaging in global business research in Beijing, China, to working to identify the effects of space travel through collaborations with foreign nations in the International Space Station. The breadth of our global engagement brings an continuous infusion of fresh knowledge and perspective to the campus, enhancing the CU-Boulder academic experience through visiting scholar exchanges that brings some of the world's best minds to engage in research at CU—and sending our own faculty and students to do the same in nearly every country across the globe. All of this is done to meet the goal of educating and graduating compassionate and well-informed citizens of the world while generating exciting innovations with global impact.

Top 20

entrepreneurial university by Forbes

U.S. Professor's of the Year, including
Steven Pollock (Physics), Professor
of the Year 2013

Nobel laureates, including
3 since 2001

National Medal of Science winners

MacArthur Genius Grant fellows

alumni astronauts who have flown in space

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