The University of Colorado at Boulder is a Tier 1 research institution that received more than $266 million in sponsored research awards for the 2007 fiscal year, placing us 13th nationally and 6th among all public universities. The university offers 85 majors at the bachelor's level, 70 at the master's level, and 50 at the doctoral level. CU-Boulder's main campus is on 600 acres right in heart of beautiful Boulder, Colorado, which Forbes magazine named America's smartest city in 2008. (http://www.colorado.edu/about/ataglance.html)