С»ÆÊé

Your IdentiKey is your username for most С»ÆÊé logins, including the Buff Portal. An IdentiKey is composed of the first two letters of your first name, the first two letters of your last name, and four random digits (e.g. Chip Buffalo's IdentiKey could be chbu1234). Use this website to activate your IdentiKey:

Your С»ÆÊé Boulder email inbox is the main mean of communication from the University, after coming to campus, your personal email addresses will no longer be used for official school messages. Please access your email using this link:

All students have two С»ÆÊé Boulder email addresses that go to the same email inbox. One composed of your first name and last name, while the other is your IdentiKey. Going back to the Chip Buffalo example, Chip has both the email addresses Chip.Buffalo@colorado.edu and chbu1234@colorado.edu.

There are two main options for graduate student housing: on-campus housing and off-campus housing:

• For on-campus housing, there's Graduate & Family Housing, which starts at under 1k/month, and occupies a variety of buildings on the north side of campus. These buildings are walkable distance from campus but can be very difficult to secure. Applications to Graduate & Family Housing is processed on a lottery system in a series of waves. If you are considering on-campus housing it is a good idea to fill out an application as soon as possible. It is better to have it as an option (and possibly decline it), than realize too late you would have liked to live on-campus.
• For off-campus housing, is a great resource for finding an apartment and/or roomates. The site is only for С»ÆÊé students, faculty, and staff. You can also use or other websites to begin your housing search.
  • It can be difficult to tell whether your lease contract is financially sound. As a С»ÆÊé student, you can have your lease reviewed by a licensed attorney for free. To do so, with the office of Off-Campus Housing & Neighborhood Relations (OCHNR).

As you consider your housing options, be sure to consider your transportation options. While vehicles are very convenient off-campus, parking at С»ÆÊé is limited and requires a permit. Fortunately, alternatives such as scooter- and bike-share programs, along with campus and RTD buses, make commuting to and from campus convenient. You can learn more about transportation options here: /pts/

When should I move to С»ÆÊé Boulder? While there is no deadline for moving to Boulder, you should be settled in more than two weeks before the start of the fall term (mid-August) for orientation and TA training. You are welcome to move in as soon as you would like.

Your Buff OneCard is your С»ÆÊé student ID, which not only gives you access to campus buildings, but also to the RTD bus and rail routes for free, including routes to and from the Denver International Airport. You'll want to request and receive your Buff OneCard before coming to campus.

Before you request a your card, make sure your mailing address is accurate in the Buff Portal. (Updates can take 24 hours to process across university systems.) Once you have verified that your address is correct, request your card HERE and it will be automatically mailed to the mailing address on file.

If you are interested in working in a faculty member’s lab over the summer, you should contact that faculty member directly, as there is no formal application process. Please note that even if laboratory space is available, funding for incoming first-year students may be limited or unavailable.

Fall class registration will open in the late summer. Many first year classes are mandatory by division, but later years will provide more choice in courses. Rest assured, graduate class sections are large enough to accommodate all interested students.