Indiana University Indianapolis (IU Indianapolis or IU Indy) is an urban

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located in

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, and is a core campus of the Indiana University system. It was founded on July 1, 2024 after its predecessor institution,

Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) was a public university from 1969 to 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It was a collaboration between Indiana University and Purdue University system, Purdue University, of ...

(IUPUI), split into IU Indianapolis and Purdue University in Indianapolis. It is

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's primary urban research and academic health sciences institution. It is located in

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along the White River and Fall Creek. Among more than 550 degree programs, the university hosts the primary campuses for both the

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, the largest

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in the country, and the

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, the only

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in the state. Also present is the IU McKinney School of Law, one of two IU law schools. In February 2025, IU Indy's

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was elevated to "R1: Doctoral Universities – very high research spending and doctorate production". The

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compete in the

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in the

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. Several athletics venues are located on the campus, including the IU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium and Indiana University Natatorium, the largest indoor pool in the United States with a

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of 4,700. A new 4,500-seat athletics center for

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, and other uses will be erected on the campus for $110 million. On August 12, 2022, the boards of trustees of both Purdue and IU announced that IUPUI would split into two separate universities, with completion of the split set to be finished by the fall 2024 semester. The School of Science, which was administered by Purdue during the IUPUI era, is transitioning to IU with the exception of the computer science department. The School of Engineering and Technology continues to be administered by Purdue with the exception of the department of music arts and technology, which will join the IU School of Art and Design. The remaining Purdue programs in Indianapolis will operate as fully integrated extensions of their West Lafayette counterparts. IU will add new computer science programs to its School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, and Purdue intends to open a branch of its applied research institute on or near the IUPUI campus. IU will provide certain administrative services to both academic organizations. The student-run newspaper of the former IU Indianapolis extension campus, the ''Onomatopoeia'', and that of the former Purdue University Indianapolis extension campus, the ''Component'', merged in 1971 to form ''The Sagamore'', which operated until 2009. Archives are available online. That publication was replaced by ''The Campus Citizen'' in 2011. A second student newspaper known as '' The Indiana Commons'' was formed in 2023 and is part of the Collegiate Network.

Chancellors

The following persons had led the former IUPUI campus from 1968 to 2024 and later the Indiana University Indianapolis campus since 2024 as chancellor: Table notes:

References

External links

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