2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 23 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-81-102) › STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-56-111) › STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (§§ 23-20-101 — 23-56-111) › Article 20 - UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (§§ 23-20-101 — 23-20-305) › Part 1 - UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (§§ 23-20-101 — 23-20-145) › Section 23-20-101 - University of Colorado - role and mission - all campuses

(1)
The role and mission of the several campuses of the university of Colorado are as follows:
(a)
The Boulder campus of the university of Colorado shall be a comprehensive graduate research university with selective admission standards. The Boulder campus of the university of Colorado shall offer a comprehensive array of undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degree programs. The Boulder campus of the university of Colorado has exclusive authority to offer graduate programs in law. The Colorado commission on higher education, in consultation with the board of regents, shall designate those graduate level programs that are the primary responsibility of the Boulder campus of the university of Colorado. The university has the responsibility to provide on a statewide basis, utilizing when possible and appropriate the faculty and facilities of other educational institutions, those graduate level programs. The commission shall include in its funding recommendations a level of general fund support for these programs.
(b)
The Denver campus of the university of Colorado shall be an urban comprehensive undergraduate and graduate research university with selective admission standards. The Denver campus shall offer baccalaureate, master's, and a limited number of doctoral degree programs, emphasizing those that serve the needs of the Denver metropolitan area. The Denver campus has statewide authority to offer graduate programs in public administration and exclusive authority in architecture and planning.
(c)
The Colorado Springs campus of the university of Colorado shall be a comprehensive baccalaureate and specialized graduate research university with selective admission standards. The Colorado Springs campus shall offer liberal arts and sciences, business, engineering, health sciences, and teacher preparation undergraduate degree programs, and a selected number of master's and doctoral degree programs.
(d)
The health sciences center campus of the university of Colorado shall offer specialized baccalaureate, first-professional, master's, and doctoral degree programs in health-related disciplines and professions. It is affiliated with the university of Colorado hospital and other health-care facilities that offer settings for education, clinical practice, and basic and applied research. Except for degree programs in osteopathic medicine described in section
23-40-101(4)
, it has exclusive authority in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and physical therapy.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 27, § 2, eff. 8/10/2022.
G.L. § 2748. G.S. § 3438. R.S. 08: § 6933. C.L. § 7996. CSA: C. 169, § 1. CRS 53: § 124-2-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-2-1. L. 85: Entire section R&RE, p. 762, § 5, effective July 1. L. 89: (1)(b) amended, p. 1013, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2593, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2011: (1)(c) amended, (SB 11 -204), ch. 308, p. 1509, § 2, effective August 10.
2022 Ch. 27, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).