Why CU Boulder

• $109 million in research funds for engineering alone in 2019.

• Campus is focused on entrepreneurship, in one of the most entrepreneurial cities in the nation. 

• Our students consistently reveal an appreciation for a "work-life" balance, as do our faculty and our staff.

• More than 70 faculty in Computer Science.

• Collaboration opportunities across departments

  1. Information Science

  2. Education

  3. Applied Math, other Engineering disciplines

  4. Various institutes: ATLAS, ICS, IQBIO

  5. The new AI Institute

• We are #23 (tie) in Best Engineering Graduate Schools (US News and World Report 2024).

• We are #29 among the Top 50 Institutions Awarding Engineering Doctoral Degrees (ASEE 2019 Profile).

• We are #40 (tie) overall and #20 (tie) among public institutions for Best Computer Science Schools for Graduate studies (US News and World Report 2024).

• We have prominent research groups in AI – Natural Language Processing, AI- Cognitive Science, AI – Machine Learning, AI – Robotics, Complex Systems, Computational Biology, Computational Social Science, Distributed and Networked Systems, Human Centered Computing, Mobile and Wearable Systems, Numerical and Scientific Computing, Programming Languages, Security, Software Engineering, Theory of Computing and Verification.

Read here for more details on each research lab.

• Gorgeous Flatirons mountain range as a backdrop to CU.

• Get to an international airport, a national park, white water rafting, a big city with arts and museums, a major concert venue, a Broadway show, a professional football game, a horse farm, and a brewery all within less than an hour's drive.

• 45,000 acres of public lands and skiing in your backyard.

• Cost of living is cheaper than Northeast or the Bay Area, but boasts many of the same tech companies.