University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus

Mile-high learning and exploring

Denver is a dynamic, enterprising and cosmopolitan city and at its heart is CU Denver. With no palpable boundary between school and city, students combine academics, clubs and leadership opportunities with the Mile High City's sports, art, networking, culture and nightlife. It's all happening right here.

More than an incredible place to explore and take advantage of an active lifestyle, Denver is a fast-growing city and an ideal location to launch your career. The metropolitan area is home to hundreds of businesses, from entrepreneurial startups to Fortune 500 companies, as well as nonprofits and health care facilities, so you can land fantastic internships, amazing volunteer opportunities and maybe even your dream job.

Quick facts:

• Three-quarters of our more than 80,000 alumni choose to remain in Colorado.

• The Business School works closely with 300 companies, helping our programs stay current. Our students learn what’s important for jobs and internships.

• Our Experiential Learning Center is the only one of its kind in Colorado, with an “everything under one roof” commitment to helping students connect with hands-on learning opportunities outside the classroom.

• The School of Public Affairs has seven community-focused centers.

• We put the “applied” in the College of Engineering and Applied Science with our government and industry partnerships and citywide projects.

• The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has the most comprehensive health careers advising program in the state.

• The College of Architecture and Planning’s  Colorado Center for Community Development has partnered with rural and urban communities on hundreds of projects.

• The mission of the School of Education and Human Development has an explicit emphasis on diversity: “We prepare and inspire education and mental health leaders to have a profound impact in fostering student opportunity, achievement and success in urban and diverse communities.”

• Students, faculty and alumni from the College of Arts & Media have won more than 40 national awards in the past five years, including the Academy Award, Grammy, Emmy and others.

• Faculty in the Graduate School come from all schools and colleges across the university to serve more than 4,000 students—each one determined to learn with purpose.