Graduate Students

Graduate Applicants

 

 

The College of Engineering and Applied Science at CU Boulder is home to the some of the highest ranked graduate programs in the country. 

We enroll 1,900+ graduate students in 12 fields of engineering and applied science, with abundant interdisciplinary opportunities in research and education. Three of our programs are ranked in the top 10 or top 10 percent in the U.S. by the National Research Council, and the college is ranked No. 12 among public engineering graduate programs by U.S. News and World Report.

Graduate Admission Deadlines

The following deadlines are for fall admissions. For information on spring admissions, please visit the individual program website. All deadlines are for 10 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (Midnight Eastern Standard Time).

ProgramInternational FallDomestic Fall
Aerospace Engineering SciencesDecember 1December 1
Applied MathematicsDecember 1(PhD)
April 15 (Professional MS)		December 1 (PhD)
​April 15 (Professional MS)
Creative Technology and DesignDecember 1 (PhD)
February 15 (Professional MS priority)
April 15 (Professional MS final)		December 1 (PhD)
February 15 (Professional MS priority)
April 15 (Professional MS final)
Biomedical EngineeringDecember 1December 1
Chemical and Biological EngineeringDecember 1December 15
Civil, Environmental and Architectural EngineeringDecember 1December 1
Computer ScienceDecember 15December 15
Electrical, Computer & Energy EngineeringDecember 15 (PhD)
February 15 (ME, MS, Professional MS)		December 15 (PhD)
February 15 (ME, MS, Professional MS)
Engineering EducationJanuary 7 (PhD priority)
February 15 (Phd final)		January 7 (PhD priority)
February 15 (Phd final)
Engineering ManagementJanuary 15April 15 
Environmental EngineeringDecember 1December 1
Materials Science and EngineeringDecember 15December 15
Mechanical EngineeringDecember 1 (PhD)
February 1 (MS)		December 15 (PhD)
February 1 (MS)
RoboticsDecember 15December 15

ME = Master's of Engineering, MS = Master's of Science, Professional MS = Professional Master's of Science, PhD = Doctor of Philosophy

In the entrepreneurial hotbed of Boulder, you’ll collaborate with nationally renowned faculty members, loyal industry partners and neighboring national labs to find innovative solutions to challenges the world hasn’t even considered yet. At the University of Colorado Boulder, we’re seeking dreamers and doers capable of addressing the world’s grandest challenges.

Could you be the next:

  • To help launch a NASA spacecraft to a near-Earth asteroid?
  • To build footbridges helping rural Nicaraguans access health care and education?
  • To combat cyberbullying using computer science?
  • To design tiny ingestible robots for medical procedures?
  • To develop new high-capacity batteries for electric cars?

Contact Us to Get Started


303-735-4900
aerograd@colorado.edu

Biomedical Engineering
bmegraduate@colorado.edu


303-735-1975
chbegrad@colorado.edu


303-735-5881
ceaegrad.advising@colorado.edu


303-492-6361
gradadms@cs.colorado.edu

Creative Technology & Design
303-492-5081
atlas.admissions@colorado.edu


303-735-0490
ecegrad@colorado.edu

Engineering Education
EngEdGrad@colorado.edu 


303-492-0954
emp@colorado.edu

Environmental Engineering
Deanne.Sylvester@colorado.edu


303-492-7444
megrad@colorado.edu

Materials Science & Engineering
303-735-6598
mse@colorado.edu

Robotics
robo@colorado.edu

              

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