University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 72,198 followers on LinkedIn. UCCS Fuels SUCCESS. | The University of Colorado Colorado Springs, founded in 1965, is a residential academic and research mainstay in southern Colorado based at the foot of Pikes Peak. UCCS partners with major corporations and federal agencies to provide leading-edge, high-tech education ranging from business to theater to nursing outreach programs for rural areas. It is among the fastest growing universities in the state and nation.