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| Student Newspapers | The Indiana Commons, The Campus Citizen |
|---|---|
| Type | Publicresearch university |
| Established | July 1, 2024; 15 months ago (2024-07-01) |
Parent institution | Indiana University |
Academic affiliations | Space-grant |
| Endowment | $1.15 billion (2020)[1] |
| Chancellor | Latha Ramchand |
Academic staff | Over 2,500 |
| Students | 29,390 (Fall 2020) |
| Undergraduates | 20,441 (Fall 2020) |
| Postgraduates | 8,171 (Fall 2020) |
| Location | ,, United States 39°46′26″N86°10′35″W / 39.773996°N 86.176361°W /39.773996; -86.176361 |
| Campus | Urban: 536 acres (217 ha)[2] |
| Colors | Cream and crimson |
| Nickname | Jaguars |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division I –Horizon League |
| Mascots | Jawz, Jinx, and Jazzy |
| Sports teams | 16 varsity teams |
| Website | indianapolis |
Indiana University Indianapolis (IU Indianapolis orIU Indy) is anurbanpublicresearch university located inIndianapolis, Indiana, and is a core campus of theIndiana University system. It was founded on July 1, 2024, after its predecessor institution,Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), split into IU Indianapolis andPurdue University in Indianapolis.[3] It isIndiana's primary urban research and academic health sciences institution. It is located indowntown Indianapolis along theWhite River andFall Creek.
Among more than 550 degree programs, the university hosts the primary campuses for both theIndiana University School of Medicine, the largestmedical school in the country, and theIndiana University School of Dentistry, the onlydental school in the state. Also present is theIU McKinney School of Law, one of two IU law schools. In February 2025, IU Indy'sCarnegie Classification was elevated to "R1: Doctoral Universities – very high research spending and doctorate production".
TheIU Indy Jaguars compete in theNCAA'sNCAA Division I in theHorizon League. Several athletics venues are located on the campus, including theIU Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium andIndiana University Natatorium, the largest indoor pool in the United States with aseating capacity of 4,700. A new 4,500-seat athletics center forbasketball,volleyball, and other uses, to be known as James T. Morris Arena,[4] will be erected on the campus for $110 million.[5][6]
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 now part of 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 joined the IU School of Art and Design. The remaining Purdue programs in Indianapolis now operate as fully integrated extensions of their West Lafayette counterparts.
IU added 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 is providing certain administrative services to both academic organizations.
The student-run newspaper of the former IU Indianapolis extension campus, theOnomatopoeia, and that of the former Purdue University Indianapolis extension campus, theComponent, merged in 1971 to formThe Sagamore, which operated until 2009. Archives are available online. That publication was replaced byThe Campus Citizen in 2011. A second student newspaper known asThe Indiana Commons was formed in 2023 and is part of theCollegiate Network.[7]
The following persons had led the former IUPUI campus from 1968 to 2024 and later the Indiana University Indianapolis campus since 2024 as chancellor:[8]
| No. | Image | Chancellor | Term start | Term end | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maynard K. Hine[a] | November 1, 1968 | August 31, 1973 | [9][10] | |
| 2 | Glenn Irwin Jr. | September 1, 1973 | August 31, 1986 | [11][12] | |
| 3 | Gerald L. Bepko[b] | September 1, 1986 | May 31, 2003 | [13][14][15] | |
| 4 | Charles R. Bantz | June 1, 2003 | August 15, 2015 | [16][17] | |
| 5 | .jpg) | Nasser H. Paydar | August 16, 2015 | February 28, 2022 | [18][19] |
| Interim | Andrew Klein | March 1, 2022 | June 18, 2023 | [20][21] | |
| Interim | Carol Anne Murdoch-Kinch | June 19, 2023 | February 11, 2024 | [22] | |
| 6 | Latha Ramchand[c] | February 12, 2024 | present | [23] |
Table notes:
Dr. Maynard K. Hine, dean Of the Indiana University School of Dentistry, yesterday was named the first chancellor of Indiana University of Indianapolis. The appointment of Dr. Hine, who assumes his new duties today, was announced by Herman Wells, acting I.U. president, and Frank E. McKinney, president of the university's board of trustees.
Indiana University trustees yesterday named a new chancellor for the Indiana-Purdue University, Indianapolis, campus (IPI) and voted against increasing student tuition next spring. The new IPI chancellor is Dr. Glenn W. Irwin dean of the IPI School of Medicine.
