Academic Bulletin

Indiana University

Indiana University was founded in 1820 at Bloomington and is one of the oldest institutions of higher education west of the Allegheny Mountains. Its facilities and programs are internationally known for their excellence and diversity. With 99,000 full- and part-time students on eight campuses, as well as a faculty of more than 5,000, Indiana University is one of the largest universities in the nation. The university offers 5,000 courses of instruction and 880 degree programs, and it attracts students from all 50 states and more than 150 countries.

Indiana University has eight campuses: Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Indiana University Northwest (Gary), Indiana University South Bend, Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana University Kokomo, Indiana University Southeast (New Albany), and Indiana University East (Richmond). It also offers courses through Columbus, Elkhart, and many other sites. The university puts quality education within reach of all Indiana citizens.

The first campus outside Bloomington was established in Indianapolis in 1916. Other campuses were started at Fort Wayne in 1917, South Bend in 1922, Jeffersonville–New Albany in 1941, Kokomo in 1945, Richmond in 1946, and Gary in 1948. These campuses offer students and other individuals the educational and informational resources of a large university, with the additional advantages of being able to pursue academic studies in their home communities or nearby, to attend college classes while working full time, to upgrade professional and technical skills, and to pursue intellectual and cultural interests.