Original 2030 Strategic Plan Goals

Architecture students examining a wooden model.

Though refreshed in 2026, the original 2021 language from the 2030 Strategic Plan expresses CU Denver’s desire to increase access to an excellent education, and tackle some of the grandest challenges facing our society, in service of the idea that a CU Denver education should work for all. View refreshed goals here. 

Though refreshed in 2026, the original 2021 language from the 2030 Strategic Plan expresses CU Denver’s desire to increase access to an excellent education, and tackle some of the grandest challenges facing our society, in service of the idea that a CU Denver education should work for all. View refreshed goals here. 

Students in a classroom.

CU Denver helps everyone have access to the education they want.

A family celebrating a graduation.

CU Denver will become known as a university for life.

Urban bee keepers.

CU Denver will be an international leader in research and creative work.

Student wearing a VR headset.

CU Denver will serve as a destination for innovation in downtown Denver.

People at a table outside.

Be known as a people-centered “Best Place to Work”