85 percent of our undergraduates participate in internships, preparing them to enter the job market the moment they leave college, with 92% of our undergrads determining their post-graduation plans within six months of graduation.
We provide our undergraduates with $350,000 in research funding annually, and our graduate students receive financial support for their own original research, professional development and conference presentations. Our professors can guide your research and projects, with 90 percent of our full-time faculty having the highest degree in their fields.
With an 11:1 student-to-faculty ratio, our students receive close instruction and support from faculty in and out of the classroom. Both our undergraduate and graduate students work with faculty on projects in their fields, including original research that results in summer-long projects and publications. That’s just one of many reasons why we’re among the most recent universities classified as Very High Research University (or “R1”) by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
At DU, we take a holistic approach to your education. Here, you’ll grow your intellect, explore and hone your character, learn self-care in the pursuit of caring for others, and receive the skills, mentorship and learning opportunities needed to pursue a purpose-filled life and career. Through what we call the 4D Experience, our students explore a vast range of subjects outside their programs of study. Your work will include pragmatic approaches to problem-solving through everything from senior design projects to humanitarian crisis simulations.
Nick Tilsen is a citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation, and the executive director of the Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation. On the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, he leads the creation of a 34-acre regenerative community, breaking a cycle of poverty and providing an innovative example to other developers.
Taylor says her work is about opening doors for other people by making the environmental movement more diverse. Equity, justice, injustice play out in policy, and in who makes and shapes that policy. To her point, Taylor was also the first black woman to earn a PhD at Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies in 1991.
Each quarter, the Ethics Boot Camp teaches undergraduate students the importance of character development and how business leaders form ethical habits over time. Nearly 4,500 students have participated in Ethics Boot Camp, and it has become a cornerstone of the undergraduate experiences of Law and Ethics majors and minors.
Supporting programs at Daniels, our Business Ethics and Legal Studies department provides coursework in business law, conflict resolution and social responsibility. Daniels and the Josef Korbel School of International Studies also offer a joint certificate in Global Business and Corporate Social Responsibility that prepares students to lead ethically in the world economy.
The Institute for Enterprise Ethics provides access to knowledge and personal experience in enterprise ethics to business leaders and the University community. The Institute helps young executives and directors to learn about ethics in business while also providing networking opportunities with leaders interested in social responsibility and governance.
Providing academic and financial support to 12 women from first-generation and/or underrepresented populations, the CWC Leadership Scholars Program blends coursework and community-based learning. With workshops, job-shadowing, mentoring and a four-year sequence that supports community impact, this program prepares leaders for a more gender-inclusive 21st century.
