Program Information Claremont University Consortium (CUC), established in 1925, is a nationally recognized model for providing shared institutional support services to meet the needs of the students, faculty and staff of The Claremont Colleges. The Claremont Colleges are comprised of highly selective undergraduate colleges???Pomona College (1887), Scripps College (1926), Claremont McKenna College (1946), Harvey Mudd College (1955) and Pitzer College (1963) and two distinctive graduate institutions???Claremont Graduate University (1925) and the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences (1997). The Consortium and The Claremont Colleges comprise the leading consortium in the United States with shared services supporting independent institutions.