Admissions

A complete application includes:

1. Online Application

2. International students may need to submit official scores from a test of English proficiency. Applicants should have at a minimum:

- a TOEFL score of 75 (internet-based),
- an IELTS score of 6.0​ or 
- a Duolingo score of at least 120.

• After your application is submitted, request that the TOEFL testing agency report your official score directly to the University of Colorado Division of Continuing Education. The institution code for CU Continuing Education is B880. To report your official Duolingo scores, click "Send Results" from inside the application, then choose University of Colorado Boulder - Continuing Education. IELTS scores should be reported in the application. In addition, you must provide the following information to your IELTS test center when requesting that your scores be sent to CU Boulder (IELTS does not use school codes):

CE Records - Graduate Programs
Division of Continuing Education
University of Colorado Boulder
178 UCB
​Boulder, CO 80309-0178

• Test scores are not required for all international students. You are not required to submit test scores if your native language is English or if, within two years from your desired admission term at CU Boulder, you have completed at least one year of full-time study at either a U.S. college/university or at a non-U.S. college/university where English is the native language of instruction.
• This program is fully online. Please note that international students are not eligible for U.S. student visas if taking fully online programs. International students who do not require a visa are welcome and encouraged to enroll in the program.

After you submit your application, you will receive a separate email with your student ID number and instructions for activating university accounts, as well as how to enroll in courses. You may enroll in as many classes across certificates as you can handle. However, each course in every certificate should ideally be taken in sequential order. Please remember that a certificate will ideally be completed over the course of one academic year.

Certificate conferral will occur once the required four courses are completed with a minimum grade of C in each course and a 3.0 cumulative GPA. You must be officially enrolled in the particular certificate in order to receive your credential; it is not sufficient to simply complete the required courses.