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The University of Colorado at Boulder

University of Colorado Boulder
University of Colorado seal.svg
Motto Greek: ΛΑΜΨΑΤΩ ΤΟ ΦΏΣ ΥΜΏΝ
Motto in English
Let Your Light Shine
Type Public; flagship; space-grant
Established 1876
Academic affiliations
CU System
AAU
APLU
URA
Endowment $1.063 billion (2016) CU System
Chancellor Phil DiStefano
President Bruce D. Benson
Provost Russell Moore
Academic staff
1,075
Students 32,201 (Fall 2015)
Undergraduates 27,010 (Fall 2015)
Postgraduates 5,191 (Fall 2015)
Location Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Coordinates: 40°0′24″N 105°16′2″W / 40.00667°N 105.26722°W / 40.00667; -105.26722
Campus Urban
786 acres (3,180,000 m2)
Colors Black, Gold, Silver
              
Nickname Buffaloes
Mascot Ralphie (bison)
Chip (costume)
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division IPac-12
Website www.colorado.edu
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University rankings
National
ARWU 26
Forbes 120
U.S. News & World Report 92
Washington Monthly 226
Global
ARWU 34
QS 170
Times 127
U.S. News & World Report 32

The University of Colorado Boulder (commonly referred to as CU or Colorado) is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado, United States. It is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system and was founded five months before Colorado was admitted to the Union in 1876.

In 2015, the university comprised nine colleges and schools and offered over 150 academic programs and enrolled almost 33,000 students. Twelve Nobel Laureates, nine MacArthur Fellows, and 20 astronauts have been affiliated with CU Boulder as students, researchers, or faculty members in its history. The university received nearly $454 million in sponsored research in 2010 to fund programs like the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, and JILA.

The Colorado Buffaloes compete in 17 varsity sports and are members of the NCAA Division I Pac-12 Conference. The Buffaloes have won 28 national championships: 20 in skiing, seven total in men's and women's cross country, and one in football. Approximately 1,500 students participate in 34 intercollegiate club sports annually as well.

On March 14, 1876, the Colorado territorial legislature passed an amendment to the state constitution that provided money for the establishment of the University of Colorado in Boulder, the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, and the Colorado Agricultural College in Fort Collins.


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