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University of Colorado

Established	1876
Endowment	$1.53 billion (2020)
President	Todd Saliman
Location	Boulder , Colorado , United States

The University of Colorado (CU) is a system of public universities in Colorado consisting of four campuses: University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver in downtown Denver and at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. It is governed by the elected, nine-member Board of Regents of the University of Colorado.

Campuses

• The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) is the flagship university of the University of Colorado System in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1876, the university has more than 33,000 undergraduate and graduate students. It offers more than 2,500 courses in more than 150 areas of study through its nine colleges and schools.
• The University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) is the fastest growing of the three campuses with an undergraduate and graduate student population of about 12,000 students. It offers 45 bachelor's, 22 master's, and five doctoral degree programs through its six colleges.
• The University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) is the largest research university in Colorado, attracting more than $420 million in research annually, and granting more master's degrees than any other institution in Colorado. The campus provides an urban learning center with liberal arts and sciences and professional programs in eight schools and colleges. CU Denver is located in downtown Denver and enrolls more than 15,000 students. CU South Denver is the newest addition to University of Colorado system, located in Lone Tree.
• The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (CU Anschutz) in Aurora is home to six professional schools in the health sciences and extensive research and clinical care facilities, including the University of Colorado Hospital, Children's Hospital Colorado and the Anschutz Health and Wellness Center. CU Anschutz has more than 4,300 students.

Related institutions

• The University of Colorado Hospital Authority was created in 1991 to allow the Regents to reorganize the University of Colorado Hospital.

List of notable alumni

• Carla Hassan, American business executive
• Jeffrey Kurtzman, American pianist, musicologist and music editor
• Jaqueline Kiplinger, American chemist working at Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Kwabena Kwakye Anti, Ghanaian politician
• Gerard Bérchet (1902-1990), chemist who invented neoprene and nylon
• Vernon Lattin (born 1938), president of Brooklyn College
• Lou Alta Melton, civil and bridge engineer
• Joseph S. Murphy (1933–1998), President of Queens College, President of Bennington College, and Chancellor of the City University of New York
• James Robb, pathologist, expert on the coronavirus
• Virginia Sink (1913–1986), chemical engineer and the first woman automotive engineer at Chrysler
• David Bakhtiari (1991 – ), multiple All-Pro Awards as an NFL Offensive Tackle playing for the Green Bay Packers
• Byron "Whizzer" White (1917–2002), American football player and 31-year member of U.S. Supreme Court (1962–1993)
• Jean Knight Bain (1909–1999), Colorado state legislator

List of notable faculty

• Frederick Masoudi, cardiologist and professor

See also

In Spanish: Universidad de Colorado para niños