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Colorado State University is a land-grant institution and a Carnegie Research University located in the heart of Fort Collins; it provides students with a unique and rich campus life.

Resting against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Fort Collins’ location provides easy access to the mountains and is just one hour north of Denver, a major cultural and business center. From snowboarding, camping, fishing, and rafting to world-class shopping and professional sports, you’ll find it within a reasonable drive.

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Campus and its History

  • CSU was founded as the Colorado Agricultural College in 1870. It was one of 68 land-grant colleges established under the Morrill Act of 1862. The doors opened to a freshman class of 20 students in 1879.  In 1935, the school became the Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, or Colorado A & M, and was renamed Colorado State University in 1957.
  • Eight colleges, multiple inter-university programs.
  • 143 graduate degree programs (89 Master’s, 54 doctoral). 
  • 55+ Graduate Certificates.
  • Library holdings include more than 2 million books, bound journals, and government documents.
  • 250 world-class music, theatre and dance performances; exhibitions; and other high-profile arts events annually.
  • CSU has 228,000 active alumni in all 50 states and around the world. There are Ram Networks across the nation with 13,000+ Alumni Association members. 
  • For the fifth year in a row, U.S. News and World Report has ranked the Colorado State University College of Business Online MBA No. 1 in Colorado.
  • Information on the value of a CSU education is summarized at csueffect.colostate.edu
  • CSU Accolades 
 

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Student Life

  • 475+ registered student organizations
  • 14 intercollegiate sports programs
  • 1 st – Greenest Universities according to Bestcolleges.com 2018
  •  Academic partner with Semester at Sea and CSU Todos Santos Center in Mexico

International Programs

  • Over 20% of tenure-track faculty and 25% of new faculty are international
  • 2,000 international students and scholars representing 110 countries
  • One of the top universities every year for recruiting Peace Corps volunteers
  • 17 key strategic partnerships around the world, including four with leading Chinese universities

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Colleges

  • Agricultural Sciences
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  • Morgan Library
  • Natural Sciences
  • Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
  • Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
  • Warner College of Natural Resources

Schools & Programs

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  • International Programs
  • School of Biomedical Engineering
  • School of Education
  • School of Global Environmental Sustainability
  • School of Music, Theatre and Dance
  • School of Public Health
  • School of Social Work

Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs

  • Cell and Molecular Biology
  • Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
  • School of Advanced Materials Discovery
  • School of Biomedical Engineering
  • School of Public Health
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