CU Names
CU and Its Campuses
For external audiences, spell out the complete name of a campus the first time you refer to it, unless the context and nature of the document require an abbreviation (for example, in an advertisement).
No commas, hyphens, or dashes are allowed in the full names of campuses.
- NOT the University of Colorado, Boulder
- NOT the University of Colorado-Boulder
Approved names and abbreviations for the University of Colorado follow:
- University of Colorado
CU (no periods)
the university
University of Colorado at Boulder
CU-Boulder (not UCB in material for external audiences, except in campus box numbers) - University of Colorado Denver
UC Denver (not UCD in material for external audiences, except in campus box numbers) - University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
CU-Colorado Springs (not UCCS)
References to CU Campuses
Note that the word campus is lowercased in some instances, and capitalized in others.
the Boulder campus
the East Campus (Boulder)
the Main Campus (Boulder)
the South Campus (Boulder)the Colorado Springs campus
the Anschutz Medical Campus
the Downtown Campus
CU Colleges and Schools
CU-Boulder
- College of Architecture and Planning
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Engineering and Applied Science
- College of Music
- Graduate School
- Law School
- Leeds School of Business
- School of Education
- School of Journalism and Mass Communication
CU-Colorado Springs
- Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences
- College of Business and Administration
- College of Education
- College of Engineering and Applied Science
- College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences
- Graduate School
- Graduate School of Public Affairs
UC Denver
- Business School
- College of Architecture and Planning
- College of Arts & Media
- College of Engineering and Applied Science
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Graduate School
- Graduate School of Public Affairs
- School of Education and Human Development
- School of Dentistry
- School of Medicine
- School of Nursing
- School of Pharmacy