University of Colorado Denver

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Everything we know

From this institution's Wikidata record. Figures that change every year show the latest value; earlier years and longer lists open with a click.

About

instance of	public university public educational institution of the United States
inception	1912
motto text	Let Your Light Shine
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Denver
street address	1380 Lawrence Street, Lawrence Street Center, Suite 1400, Denver, CO, 80217-3364
postal code	80217-3364
coordinate location	39.7435, -105.0031
official website	http://www.ucdenver.edu/ · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	24,723 · September 2020
employees	12,813 · September 2020
admission rate	66% · 2020
admission yield rate	22% · 2020

Rankings and recognition

ranking	428 · QS World University Rankings · 2023 Earlier figures (6) 414 · QS World University Rankings · 2022 398 · QS World University Rankings · 2021 392 · QS World University Rankings · 2020 397 · QS World University Rankings · 2019 394 · QS World University Rankings · 2018 374 · QS World University Rankings · 2017
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral university: higher research activity · 2015 majority undergraduate four-year, large, primarily nonresidential research doctoral: STEM-dominant arts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence 2 more four-year, medium full-time, selective, higher transfer-in doctoral universities: very high research activity · 2021

Structure and memberships

parent organization or unit	University of Colorado
child organization or unit	University of Colorado Denver Business School
member of	American Council on Education Open Education Network Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	CU Denver Business School at 15th St and Lawrence St.jpg · media legend: Business School de l'université du Colorado à Denver. (fr)
logo image	CU Denver logo.png

Wikimedia and technical details (5)

Commons category	University of Colorado Denver
topic's main category	Category:University of Colorado Denver
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:University of Colorado Denver alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:University of Colorado Denver faculty
social media followers	16,670 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15957612 · 7 February 2023 Earlier figures (3) 16,114 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15957612 · 2 March 2022 15,228 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15957612 · 7 January 2021 14,751 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15957612 · 19 April 2020

Identifiers in other databases (34)

ARWU university ID	University-of-Colorado-at-Denver
Facebook username	UCDenver
Freebase ID	/m/0321m8
GeoNames ID	8257655
GND ID	1100002-8
Google Maps Customer ID	12549900573069107348
GRID ID	grid.241116.1
HAL structure ID	475301
Instagram username	cudenver
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	126562
ISNI	0000000107903411
J9U entity ID	987007461769505171
KISTI ID	K000208144
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n50000482
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	921990950
NL CR AUT ID	ko2008449640 · subject named as: University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center ko2008449641 · subject named as: University of Colorado at Denver ko2008449642 · subject named as: University of Colorado Denver kn20080701005 · subject named as: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100010346
OpenAlex ID	I921990950
QS World University ID	university-colorado-denver
Quora topic ID	University-of-Colorado-Denver University-of-Colorado-Denver-1
RERO ID (legacy)	A005466208
Ringgold ID	12226
ROR ID	02hh7en24
SCImago Institutions Rankings ID	59309
SEVIS school ID	6128
SNARC ID	Q48634
subreddit	cudenver · language of work or name: English · subject named as: University of Colorado at Denver · 22 May 2023
Threads username	cudenver
Times Higher Education World University ID	university-colorado-denver-anschutz-medical-campus
U-Multirank university ID	university-of-colorado-denver
Vatican Library VcBA ID	494/16761
VIAF cluster ID	140686857
X (Twitter) username	cudenver · number of subscribers: 14,751 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 15957612 · 19 April 2020
‎Scilit organization ID	2249