Academic Enrichment Programs
Enhance your academic experience with a variety of special courses, research opportunities, faculty mentoring, scholarships, and more.
Experiential Learning & Research
Study Abroad offers you the chance to experience the world firsthand. Choose from more than 240 programs in over 70 countries around the world.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) funds undergraduate research, scholarly and creative work with several types of grants.
Bioscience Undergraduate Research Skills and Training (BURST) provides an hourly wage to undergraduate students desiring to gain research experience.
Engineering Active Learning Program offers you the opportunity to participate in enrichment experiences and partnerships with individual faculty and professionals.
The Herbst Program of Humanities for Engineering Students emphasizes the development of communication and thinking skills that will enhance both your life and career.
Community & Service Learning
Puksta Scholars Program will help you acquire the knowledge, skills, and experiences necessary for ethical, responsible citizenship through classroom learning and a year-long civic project.
INVST Community Studies develops community leaders who engage in compassionate action as a lifetime commitment.
Public Interest Internship Experience Program (PIIE) is a paid summer internship program in which students work in governmental and private non-profit agencies.
Institute for Ethical and Civic Engagement (IECE) serves as a campus hub for civic engagement/community service programs.
Service Learning relates academic study to work in the community. Service learning courses attempt to help students understand the world through changing it and vice versa.
Top Scholars
College of Arts & Sciences Honors Program brings together the university's best teachers and high-achieving students wanting to become more critical and analytical thinkers.
College of Engineering and Applied Science Honors Program offers the highest-quality engineering education, including a faculty mentor, advanced research, and more.
Graduation with Honors vary by academic department, but generally include meeting a minimum cumulative college grade point average.
Norlin Scholars receive an education tailored to fit their interests and goals in any of CU-Boulder's undergraduate colleges or schools.
Top Scholarships Office works to coordinate prestigious national scholarship opportunities for high-achieving students.
Other Programs
CU-LEAD Alliance and Scholarship Program unites students, faculty, and staff to promote a diverse community committed to educational excellence.
McNair Postbacculaureate Achievement Program prepares selected CU-Boulder undergraduates from all ethnicities to study at the doctoral level.
Residential Academic Programs gives you the chance to take courses in your residence hall, connect with students who share your interests, and join educational and social events in a small-group setting.
Living & Learning Communities offer themed housing without a formal connection to faculty as with the Residential Academic Programs (RAPs).
Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) combines academic study with a military officer's educational program with the option of serving in regular or reserve commission after graduation.
