Our dynamic centers and institutes bring students, faculty, alumni and community members together to connect and collaborate.
Through interdisciplinary, community-engaged programs, we're developing new learning opportunities. Whether exploring the possibilities of digital design, empowering incarcerated people through art, connecting students with film professionals, or facilitating Holocaust education in schools, these and other approaches allow us to expand the classroom into the community, open the door to experimentation and bring new ideas to fruition.
The Center for Judaic Studies works to advance knowledge of Jewish history, thought and culture through courses, intercultural dialogue and social action.
The Center for Art Collection Ethics (ACE) fosters greater public awareness of ethical art collection stewardship and promotes art provenance research training.
The Center for World Languages and Cultures (CWLC) supports and enriches language and cultural study at DU. Services include first-year language courses, tutoring, directed independent study of less commonly taught languages, and proficiency and placement testing.
The Center on American Politics is designed to facilitate scholarship on American Politics across different campuses and to promote discussion of current political issues for the benefit of students and the larger community.
The Clinic for Open-Source Arts explores, supports and celebrates local and global efforts to make free and open-source tools that encourage the creative use of digital technology.
Founded in 1965, the Denver Quarterly is a literary journal committed to finding and publishing the best of American and international fiction, poetry, reviews, essays and uncategorizables.
The DU Prison Arts Initiative (DU PAI) provides high-quality therapeutic arts programs to incarcerated people in Colorado, with the goal of empowering participants to improve the quality of their lives and prepare to make positive changes in their communities upon release.
Project DU F.I.L.M. (Film Initiative Linking Mentors) is a collaborative, experiential, mentorship filmmaking program bringing together faculty, professional alumni and students to create, promote and distribute films.
The Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society (RMJHS) preserves the history of Jews in the West and serves the needs of scholars and other individuals interested in historical research.
The SEED Research Center brings faculty, postdocs and students together to address fundamental issues at the nexus of human development and adversity while engaging in cross-sector dialogue to apply scientific knowledge to policy and practice.
The Visual Media Center (VMC) provides digital imaging services to students for learning, research and teaching purposes. Digital images produced or purchased by the VMC are found in the Jstor Digital Library, a database available through the University Libraries to all DU community members.
High-resolution images are accompanied by high-quality metadata created by VMC staff that faculty and students can use for research, studying and citations, unlike results from Google or other search engines.
We accept both the Common App and our own Pioneer App. The Common App is a universal application that can be sent to many schools, while the Pioneer App is only used by the University of Denver.
Go to the graduate admission application to submit your information. For information on admission requirements, visit the graduate academic programs page and locate your program of interest.
