EMT Program Admission Requirements

All students entering the EMT program at any campus must:

Be 18 years old
Pass a background check
Provide documentation of immunizations

Outlined below are program admission requirements specific to each campus.

EMT Program at Boulder County Campus

In addition to the above requirements, students must complete an application packet, which requires applicants to:

Get CPR certification (HPR 102 fulfills this requirement)
Provide documentation of Accuplacer scores that test into at least ENG 030, MAT 090, and REA 090 (or a waiver)
Provide documentation of the following immunizations:
- Tuberculosis (TB) skin test
- Tetanus
- MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)
- Varicella
- Hepatitis B
- Influenza

Also see the Boulder County Campus EMT information sheet.

EMT classes at the University of Colorado at Boulder

The Boulder County Campus offers EMT classes to CU-Boulder students in pre-medicine and pre-physician assistant tracks. Classes are held on the CU campus.

EMT Program at Larimer Campus

In addition to the above requirements, students must provide documentation of the following immunizations by the fifth week of classes:

MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)
Tuberculosis (TB) skin test
Hepatitis B (series of three immunizations) – Recommended, not required

See the Larimer Campus EMT information letter.

EMT Program at Westminster Campus

In addition to the above requirements, students must provide documentation of the following immunizations:

MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)
Tetanus
Tuberculosis (TB) skin test
Hepatitis B (the second dose of the vaccination before clinicals begin)

In addition, students must have a CPR certification (from the American Heart Association or the Red Cross) and a Health Care Providers certification, and documentation of Accuplacer scores that test into at least ENG 090 and REA 090 (or a waiver).

See EMT Certificate Program FAQs
See First Responder Course FAQs

Mandatory informational meetings

Students interested in the Westminster Campus EMT program must attend an information meeting to obtain an application packet. Informational meetings are at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of each month in Room A0211. Find this room on a map.