Graduate Education
Campus Resources
The University of Wyoming offers a variety of resources for students and researchers to maximize success in their fields. The UW Research and Economic Development Division provides support for faculty, staff and students as well; learn more below!
Libraries | Core Facilities & Centers | Computers & IT | Museums
Libraries
The UW's largest and most centralized library is Coe Library, which offers five floors of shelves, study rooms, lounging areas and computer labs, as well as online resources. It is located near the Union (see campus map). In addition to Coe, the UW offers following branch locations:
- American Heritage Center (Centennial Complex)
- Brinkerhoff Geology Library (Geology Building)
- Law Library (Law Building)
- Learning Resource Center (Education Building)
- Library Annex (Biological Sciences Building)
- Rocky Mountain Herbarium (Aven Nelson Building, non-circulating)
- UW National Parks Service Research Center (Grand Teton National Park)
Core Facilities & Centers
Core facilities are laboratories that contain research equipment and technicians that process samples for researchers across campus and the world. Centers are interdisciplinary entities that specialize in a particular set of skills. UW Facilities and Centers include:
- Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning (Coe Library)
- Microscopy Core Facility (Biological Sciences Building)
- Red Buttes Observatory (9 miles south of Laramie)
- School of Energy Resources - Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES)
- Stable Isotope Core Facility (Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center)
- Writing Center (Coe Library)
- Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center (UW Office Annex, 21st Street, Laramie)
- Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center (Agriculture Building)
Computer Labs and IT
The UW provides approximately 100 computer labs available to all students, all over campus. Visit the webpage for a list of labs.
UW Information Technology is a member of EDUCAUSE, which is a large non-profit association geared toward making higher education computing accessible and helpful. Learn more!
In addition, UW IT also offers a variety of affordable trainings in common programs, such as the Microsoft and Adobe Suites. See the courses here.
Museums
UW museums include:
- American Heritage Center (Centennial Complex)
- Anthropology Museum (Anthropology Building)
- Art Museum (Centennial Complex)
- Geological Museum (Geology Building)
- Insect Museum (Agriculture Building)
- Rocky Mountain Herbarium (Aven Nelson Building)
- Vertebrate Museum (Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center)
Research and Economic Development Division
The Office of Research & Economic Development works with faculty, staff and students in all seven colleges and UW's outreach programs to link research, technology transfer, and economic development efforts to enhance federal, state and private sector support for faculty and graduate student scholarship. Visit their website.
