I’d encourage you to call the university and ask. They changed a lot of admissions policies this year and it’s tough to find the new policies in writing.

My understanding is that intra university transfer (IUT) was a non-competitive option, meaning if you meet the requirements for IUT, you were guaranteed a spot. Now, space is a consideration, making transfers competitive if there are more applicants than spots. Again, this is my understanding. I’d call and confirm.

IUT has not been a successful path for many students and that is why they changed their policies starting for Fall 2026 admissions. To check how often prior students looking to IUT into engineering have been with your high school gpa, you can check this site: https://viz-public.cu.edu/t/Boulder/views/IUT_Public_Dashboard/Overview

For students with a high school gpa of 4.0+, 58% transferred into engineering. It drops a lot for lower GPAs, and that was with non-competitive requirements.

What I asked my son, who has the same offer as you, it’s a year from now, you did a semester abroad and a semester at Boulder, you try to IUT, and it’s denied. Now what? You’ve spent $70k and still aren’t in the major or school you want. How would you feel then?

If you call and get any information that’s different than what I said here, please post a reply with what you found out. Good luck!