Since 1965, more than 38,000 students have enrolled at Colorado Technical University to begin the rewarding climb towards personal, academic and professional career advancement by acquiring real-world knowledge and industry-current skills in their chosen career fields.

Colorado Technical University is a private, for-profit institution of higher learning, granting Associate"s, Bachelor"s, Master"s and Doctorate degrees as well as Professional Certificates. The university was founded in 1965 in Colorado Springs, where the main campus continues to reside today.

Over the past 40 years, Colorado Technical University has evolved from a technical training school to a university with graduate-level programs. The introduction in 1995 of doctorate programs; the establishment of campuses in Denver and Pueblo, Colorado; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and North Kansas City, Missouri; and the introduction of the online campus, Colorado Tech Online, have established CTU as a mature institution in higher education.

CTU Mission

The mission of Colorado Technical University, an institution of higher learning, is to provide career-oriented education by teaching applied, real-world, industry-current programs in selected areas, serving the needs of students for employment and career advancement and the needs of industry for highly qualified professionals at the associate's, bachelor's, master's and doctorate levels.

• Maintain its focus on learning and its commitment to continuous improvement of student learning and teaching effectiveness through systematic assessment and innovation in curriculum, delivery and service.
• Use the CTU Professional Learning Model to foster ready-to-achieve learning experiences that result in demonstrated competencies. Students are provided hands-on, industry-related, problem-solving experiences that model the professional environment and encourage achievements that lead to student and employer success.
• Maintain an applied research and problem-solving focus in the CTU Professional Learning Model to promote an educational background at all levels that promotes students to adapt to dynamic environments, become lifelong learners as well as lifelong contributors to themselves, their families, their profession, and our society.
• Ensure high-tech is integrated with high-touch customer service; provide students with a sensitive and motivating environment of supportive services in career planning, academic advising, and financial and career services to enhance students' probability of success.
• Maintain current and relevant programs through active participation with the business community. This interaction, conducted through our advisory boards and faculty selection, enables Colorado Technical University to identify and implement timely curriculum and equipment changes in selected programs.
• Provide an environment that is conducive to professional growth, encouraging the faculty and administrative team to engage in scholarly and professional activities that support the university's mission and the needs of its students, industry and the community.
• Select faculty with demonstrated industry experience, advanced degrees and teaching qualifications to deliver industry-current education. Provide ongoing professional development, review and certification, especially in fostering student success through teaching and support.

Colorado Technical University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Colorado Technical University is a CHEA member and is accredited by a CHEA-recognized accrediting organization.