Faculty & Staff
Academic Advisors & Staff
Below is a list of the most commonly used resources on our website for advisors and staff. Contact us with questions at coursesabroad@colorado.edu.
- Course Evaluation Forms: a list of all of our course evaluation forms & when to use them
- DocuSign Tips & Visuals
- Course Approvals List
- Education Abroad Major Guides
- Program webpages (with credit conversions, upper/lower-division policies, links to course descriptions, etc.). Search for the program using the keyword search or filters.
- Courses Not Eligible for CU Credit
- Education Abroad Transcripts: timeframe for receiving and processing transcripts from programs abroad
- Education Abroad Staff Program and Work Assignments (if unsure who to contact, please email michal.greenberg@colorado.edu)
- Non-Approved Program Registration
- Non-Approved Programs: students who want to apply to a non-approved program should register through this page
- Non-approved programs Credit/Course Approval Form (for all majors except A&S/CMCI): non-A&S/CMCI students who apply to a non-approved program should submit courses first to the Office of Admissions & then to their college/department for review. Students will also be able to access this form when they register for their non-approved program.
Encouraging Students to Go Abroad
CU Boulder Education Abroad offers hundreds of programs in nearly 70 countries. Programs exist for all majors, and provide formats and opportunities that are as diverse as the student body that we serve. Education abroad programs come in various forms including, but not limited to, study abroad programs, student exchanges, short-term faculty-led programs, internships, and research opportunities.
Thanks for your support of Education Abroad programs and your students' participation on them. Many students say that they did not think about going abroad until a faculty member mentioned it.
Students are encouraged to review the Course Approvals List for programs & courses that will help them complete their degree requirements and connect with an Education Abroad advisor to discuss programs that can give them opportunities to explore their major from a global perspective. If you are interested in further integrating the coursework completed abroad into the CU degree, contact Michal Greenberg at michal.greenberg@colorado.edu.
Financial support for graduate work abroad:
- The CU Graduate School website has the most comprehensive listing of possible funding opportunities (including several focused on study/research abroad).
- The Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards grants for graduate study or research abroad. Contact Deborah Viles (topscholarships@colorado.edu) at the Top Scholarship Office for more information
Programs & partnership opportunities:
- Education Abroad has a limited number of opportunities abroad for graduate students. More commonly graduate students organize their own study/research abroad. Each graduate student is so different in terms of interests/focus that it is very difficult to offer organized programs.
- For faculty and staff considering developing new partnerships abroad involving graduate students, there are certain restrictions or limitations to keep in mind.
- Linguistic ability: International fellowships and grants inevitably require the recipient to have an adequate command of the host country language. If a department hopes to establish a continuing exchange of graduate students with a country where the native language is not English, the department might want to consider a rigorous international language requirement for its own program.
- Credit limitations: There are limitations on the number of credit hours from another institution that can be counted toward a graduate degree at CU Boulder. Most graduates who go abroad for academic work have already completed necessary course work and wish to go abroad to do thesis or dissertation research.