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</h2> <p>At DU, we believe the genius is in the doing. Through our <a href="/4D">Four-Dimensional (4D) Experience</a>, students take part in small, focused classes, where they improve understanding through conversations that draw from the vast range of experiences and perspectives of our diverse community. </p> <p>Learning here goes far beyond the lecture hall. We create opportunities for research, scholarship, performance and engagement. Our students collaborate with peers and faculty across disciplines and explore the subjects that move them. In the process, they develop important skills, find meaning and fuel their passions through exploration and collaboration with peers and faculty across disciplines.</p> <div class="show-hide-toggle"> <a href="#"> <span class="show-for-sr">Show / Hide Content Below</span> <span class="icon-du-plus " aria-hidden="true"></span> <span class="icon-du-minus " aria-hidden="true"></span> </a> </div> <p>Our students work with professors and patients to examine how chemicals in foods like tea and chocolate could help with the effects of ALS. They collaborate with Nike to develop footwear that enhances performance and reduces injuries. Immersion programs prepare students to provide aid in humanitarian crises and understand the health needs and difficulties of the homeless.</p> <p>Students gain knowledge and direction from lively, discussion-based classes, internships and community engagement. 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Wherever they are, we make sure our students can use their passion to create a better world.</p> </div> </div> <div class="copy-module copy-module--image"> <div class="row expanded"> <div class="columns"> <div class="row"> <div class="columns small-12 large-6"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/copy_image_584_x_373/public/copy-holistic-education.jpg?itok=m5twiY5V 1x" media="(min-width: 1024px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/copy_image_884_x_564/public/copy-holistic-education.jpg?itok=ndxET63G 1x" media="(min-width: 768px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/copy_image_450_x_287/public/copy-holistic-education.jpg?itok=Jat0YTGL 1x" media="(min-width:450px)" type="image/jpeg"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/copy_image_450_x_287/public/copy-holistic-education.jpg?itok=Jat0YTGL 1x" type="image/jpeg"/> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/copy_image_884_x_564/public/copy-holistic-education.jpg?itok=ndxET63G" alt="graduate student students" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </picture> </div> <div class="columns small-12 large-6 "> <div class="content "> <h3 class="btm-divider">A Four-Dimensional Experience</h3> <h4>Personalized experience with global reach</h4> <p>We seek students who want to chart their own paths and make. Whether they pursue careers as novelists or entrepreneurs, chemists or musicians, our students are driven by boldness, passion and innovation as they work to achieve their own vision of greatness and enrich and improve their communities and the world by sharing it.</p> <p>Our student-to-faculty ratio is 11:1, and our average class size is 21 students, allowing us to base learning around conversation and multiple perspectives. Over 200 degree programs provide students the flexibility to find a course of study that will excite and engage them throughout their college careers. And over 70 percent of our undergraduates study internationally at some point in their DU careers, returning to campus with a wealth of perspectives that help them become global leaders in the public, private and nonprofit sectors.</p> <p>We draw on rich communities throughout Denver and beyond to offer even more opportunities to contribute and learn. Students in our Lamont School of Music are active in Denver's music scene, and our theatre students travel to Scotland to participate in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. No matter their passion, our students find ways to deepen their education and make the world a better place.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="information-overview-module buffer-on-inner-row"> <div class="row"> <div class="small-12 medium-4 columns fact"><div class="quick-fact-module__content statistic "> <h3> <strong>21</strong> <span class="headline">Average class size: 21 students</span> <span class="caption">With smaller classes, our students receive needed personal attention from faculty.</span> </h3> </div> </div> <div class="small-12 medium-4 columns fact"><div class="quick-fact-module__content statistic "> <h3> <strong>11:1</strong> <span class="headline">Student-to-faculty ratio: 11:1</span> <span class="caption">Our faculty have time to focus on their students' needs and to loop undergraduates and graduates into their research. </span> </h3> </div> </div> <div class="small-12 medium-4 columns fact"><div class="quick-fact-module__content statistic "> 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