Graduate Catalog

The Graduate School facilitates and enhances the educational experiences of all graduate students at the University of Colorado Boulder, regardless of discipline, guaranteeing a standard of quality and cohesion across more than 125 master's and doctoral degree programs.

Along with the graduate faculty, the Graduate School is responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating graduate programs and graduate education policies and procedures in accordance with the Graduate School rules and the laws of the Board of Regents. The Graduate School Executive Advisory Council, which consists of members of the graduate faculty, advises the dean of the Graduate School and vice provost for graduate affairs, who reports to the provost, on issues concerning Graduate School policies and programs.

The Graduate School also oversees a variety of centers and programs that are not affiliated with any single college. These include the Center for Humanities and the Arts, the Center for STEM Learning, the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies, the Center for Critical Thought, the Center for African & African American Studies, the Master of Science in Data Science, and the Program in Environmental Design.