University of Colorado at Boulder
UniversityPublic, flagship, space-grant
| University of Colorado at Boulder link () Website | |
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| File:University of Colorado seal.png | |
| Motto | Greek: ΛΑΜΨΑΤΩ ΤΟ ΦΏΣ ΥΜΏΝ |
| Formation | 1876 |
| Headquarters | Boulder, Colorado,USA |
| Type | Public, flagship, space-grant |
| Other name | Buffaloes |
| pUBLIC university in Boulder, Colorado | |
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system. In 2021, the university attracted support of over $634 million for research and spent $536 million on research and development according to the National Science Foundation, ranking it 50th in the nation.[1][2]
The university consists of nine colleges and schools and offers over 150 academic programs, enrolling more than 35,000 students as of January 2022.[3]
To date, 5 Nobel Prize laureates, 10 Pulitzer Prize winners, 11 MacArthur "Genius Grant" recipients, 1 Turing Award laureate, and 20 astronauts have been affiliated with CU Boulder as alumni, researchers, or faculty.[4][5][6][7] In 2021, the university received over $634 million in sponsored research to fund programs like the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics.
References
- ↑ Https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html
- ↑ https://www.colorado.edu/ocg/annual-report#:~:text=Research%20Expenditures&text=CU%20Boulder's%20research%20and%20creative,fiscal%20year%202021%20(FY21)
- ↑ http://www.colorado.edu/academics
- ↑ https://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/sites/default/files/attached-files/coloradan_spr19_forweb_1.pdf
- ↑ https://www.macfound.org/maps/2/%7C
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Turing_Award_laureates_by_university_affiliation&oldid=1016003500
- ↑ https://www.colorado.edu/alumni/heritage-center/exhibitions/cu-space