Outstanding European students, including those participating in the mobility program, are encouraged to apply for graduate study in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. It is the highest-ranked engineering school in the entire Mountain Time Zone, and one of the top-ranked schools in the United States, with particular strengths in aerospace, biotechnology, chemical engineering, computer science, energy, environmental engineering, materials science and engineering, and telecommunications, among other fields. To apply for graduate study, interested students should visit https://www.colorado.edu/graduateschool/admissions/prepare-apply. Interested students will apply directly to the graduate degree program of interest, and not to the Europe-Colorado Program itself. However, we recommend that you inform the Europe-Colorado Program Assistant (Brittany.bergstrom@colorado.edu) of your intent to apply, so that she can provide guidance on your application. We will also monitor your application and encourage the Graduate Admissions Committee of your intended degree program to give it full consideration.
Applicants accepted into a graduate program, primarily PhD programs, will be considered for Teaching Assistantships and Research Assistantships. These assistantships provide stipends of about $2,500 per month, as well as payment of tuition and insurance. Both admission decisions and funding decisions will be made by the applicants intended engineering department or program at the University of Colorado Boulder. For admitted and qualified Catalan students, there are Balsells Fellowships available to provide a portion of the funding, due to a generous gift in honor of Pete Balsells from Kaman Corporation, which purchased Bal Seal Engineering in 2020. Students of all nationalities whose intended final degree is the PhD are given strong preferential consideration for assistantships, while it is difficult to obtain support from the University of Colorado for pursuing a terminal master’s degree. Thus, we encourage you to apply for the PhD degree, even if you do not yet have a master’s degree and intend to obtain it on the way to the PhD degree.