The University

Ranked one of the top public universities in the United States in terms of educational quality and affordability by Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine.

Rated one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education by The Princeton Review.

Ranked in the top tier of US universities in the U.S. News and World Report ranking of 'America's Best Colleges and Universities'.

Departments & Programs

The Professional Veterinary Medicine program is ranked second in the nation (U.S. News and World Report) and is the only veterinary medical program in the Western states to be ranked in the top 10.[more]

The College of Business offers one of the best MBA programs in the nation (The Princeton Review) and one of the top undergraduate programs in the country (BusinessWeek). [more]

U.S. News and World Report ranked the Department of Atmospheric Science the second most productive atmospheric sciences and meteorology programs in the nation.

The Department of Occupational Therapy was ranked in the top ten in the U.S. News and World Report's 2008 America's Best Graduate Schools.

Colleges and Schools

Colorado State is the “University of Choice” for Colorado residents.

30% of all of Colorado's science, math, engineering, and technology majors pursue degrees at CSU. In addition to its excellent programs in these areas, CSU offers professional programs that are among the very best in the United States.

Colleges

• Agricultural Sciences
• Applied Human Sciences
• Business
• Engineering
• Liberal Arts
• Natural Sciences
• Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
• Warner College of Natural Resources

Schools & Programs

• Continuing Educations
• Graduate School
• School of the Arts
• School of Biomedical Engineering
• School of Education
• School of Global Environmental Sustainability
• School of Social Work

Degree Programs

catalog.colostate.edu

• Undergraduate Degrees in 65 fields of study (General Catalog or Alphabetical listing)
• Master's degree in 55 fields of study (Graduate School)
• Doctoral degrees in 40 fields of study (Graduate School)
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences)

Academic and Co-curricular Programs

• Applied Studies in American Ethnicity
• ASCSU Student Government
• Honor Societies at CSU
• International Programs and Study Abroad
• Leadership & Diversity Programs
• Learning Communities
• ROTC, Army and Air Force
• Service Learning and Volunteer Programs
• Undergraduate Research & Creativity
• University Honors Program
• Women's Programs & Studies

As one of the nation’s leading research universities, Colorado State sets the standard in scholarship and discovery. CSU faculty are researching and tackling critical global issues, such as the reemergence of tuberculosis, air pollution in Asian cities, severe weather forecasting, nutrition and wellness, and bioterrorism. Students have the opportunity to work alongside faculty and participate in cutting-edge research as early as their freshman year.

Research Highlights

Dr. Anthony Simon Turner was honored with American Veterinary Medical Association Lifetime Excellence in Research Award. Turner has been a member of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences faculty since 1977. [more]

The Rocky Mountain Regional Center of Excellence was awarded a $36.4 million from the National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, to continue the fight against the world's most important infectious diseases. The Center was established in 2005 when a group of universities, led by Colorado State University, received an initial $40 million to begin a collaboration to synergize their collective expertise, increasing their effectiveness at researching infectious diseases. [more]

Faculty members have more than doubled the number of invention disclosures - detailed descriptions of inventions - filed with the CSU Research Foundation technology transfer office in the past three years. As of the end of June, faculty had exceeded 100 invention disclosures in FY 2009. [more]

The cookstove design and development teams at Envirofit International and the Engines and Energy Conversion Lab at CSU have won a Bronze IDEA for Envirofit's clean cookstove in the Ecodesign category in the 2009 International Design Excellence Awards.  [more]

Professor Bryan Willson, co-founder of Envirofit International and Solix Biofuels, joins President Barack Obama, Microsoft mogul Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the first Scientific American 10: Guiding Science for Humanity honor roll for innovations that benefit humanity. [more]

Colorado State faculty provide an enriched learning environment by working side-by-side with students and encouraging participation both in and outside the classroom. Our faculty are more than just experts in their fields – they’re committed to the personal and intellectual growth of their students and challenge them to achieve their highest potential.

Faculty Spotlights

Michele Betsill
College of Liberal Arts

Michele Betsill, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, takes an all encompassing approach to studying the ebb and flow of climate change politics. She looks at all of the components – national governments, international businesses, non-governmental organizations, the market, individual choices – on a "big picture scale" and assesses how the pieces fit together. Or how they don't. [more]

Kevin Crooks
Warner College of Natural Resources

As homes, businesses and roads continue to expand and urban sprawl grows in Colorado and across the nation, Colorado State University Associate Professor Kevin Crooks in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation Biology focuses his current research on wildlife behavior and conservation at the wildland-urban interface. [more]

Doug Hoffman
College of Business

Early in his career as dean of the College of Business, Ajay Menon asked Professor Doug Hoffman to attend a Georgia State symposium on teaching. Hoffman, who was already winning teaching awards, came back energized and created the Master Teacher Initiative –a compilation of professional development opportunities aimed at elevating the teaching mission within CSU’s College of Business. [more]

Susan James
College of Engineering

Susan James holds a series of prestigious titles at the university: In addition to being professor of mechanical engineering and biomedical engineering, James is the founding director of the School of Biomedical Engineering - an interdisciplinary program across four colleges that aims to have a unified front for students, faculty and the biomedical industry; and co-director of the Orthopedic Bioengineering Research Laboratory at Colorado State. [more]

Dr. Chris Kawcak
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Dr. Chris Kawcak is making pioneering advances in equine musculoskeletal disease and injury research. Dr. Kawcak is one of a team of researchers working to find ways to prevent and treat catastrophic injuries in equine athletes, such as the injuries sustained by Barbaro and Eight Belles. [more]

Matt Malcolm
College of Applied Human Sciences

Thanks to the work of CSU researcher Matt Malcolm, rehabilitation professionals are learning more about what therapies help recover the loss of movement caused by a stroke. Malcolm, director of the university's NeuroRehabilitation Research Laboratory, is devoted to understanding what therapies are the most promising. [more]

James Pritchett
College of Agricultural Sciences

Water is the lifeblood for any farmer. James Pritchett, associate professor in the College of Agricultural Sciences’ Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, is developing strategies for growing crops for small- and medium- sized farms with limited water resources. [more]

Stuart Tobet
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

When we think of migration, we often imagine geese flying south to escape winter’s cold, Monarch butterflies flying north for the summer from Mexico, and salmon swimming upstream to spawn. We don’t often think of cells migrating within the organs of our bodies. But the migration of cells – particularly neuronal cells – is critically important to the normal functioning of the human nervous system. Cellular migration and unlocking the cellular and molecular reasons behind behavior and disease are Professor Stuart Tobet’s passion. [more]