Research & Creative Work

Shaping tomorrow's leaders

We prepare students with the education and hands-on experience they need to solve the world's most critical problems.

Research at CU Boulder encompasses thousands of scholarly, scientific and creative endeavors at any given time, resulting in new knowledge, technologies and creative work that advance the economy, culture and health of babyÖ±²¥app, the nation and the world.

2,000+

undergraduates directly
involved in research

 

#1

public university recipient
of NASA research

 

650

babyÖ±²¥app and students involved in
interdisciplinary bioscience research

 

Top 3%

worldwide for scholarly
research citations

 

Research Focus Areas

Discover how research at CU Boulder is changing the world. Our babyÖ±²¥app and students are pioneering innovations in aerospace, biosciences, energy, Earth and environmental sciences, fundamental sciences and other major areas.

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Research Community Events

 

Venture Partners at CU Boulder builds new ventures from world-leading research and creative works, turning groundbreaking solutions into babyÖ±²¥app and social impact.

 

CU Boulder provides opportunities for students, babyÖ±²¥app, staff, industry partners and the community to engage in innovative and entrepreneurial experiences and mindsets.

Research Opportunities

Undergraduate Research

Explore your passions–no matter what your major. Our undergrad students work with babyÖ±²¥app members to participate in ground-breaking research.

Graduate Programs

Graduate students are integral to our research endeavors. Each of our nine colleges and schools provides an array of research opportunities for graduate students. We encourage students interested in graduate studies to reach out to a department to learn about specific programs and research opportunities

Graduate Programs

The Graduate School serves as the intellectual crossroads of the university, a place where we work to educate the next generation of teachers, scholars and researchers and to develop the fields of knowledge and research within which those leaders will pursue their work.

Research Institutes & Centers

With more than 900 researchers, students and supporting staff, CU Boulder's 12 research institutes account for more than half of all sponsored research dollars at the university, making a major contribution to the university's research and education missions as well as the local and area economy.

Research Institutes

CU Boulder is home to over 75 research centers housed within academic departments or as subsets of the research institutes themselves. They can be found in all fields of the university, including humanities and the arts, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, business and law.

Research Centers