Indiana University- Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI)

General Information:

Mission Statement

The VISION of IUPUI: is to be one of the best urban universities, recognized locally, nationally, and internationally for its achievements.

Mission of IUPUI
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), a partnership between Indiana and Purdue Universities, is Indiana's urban research and academic health sciences campus. IUPUI's mission is to advance the State of Indiana and the intellectual growth of its citizens to the highest levels nationally and internationally through research and creative activity, teaching and learning, and civic engagement. By offering a distinctive range of bachelor's, master's, professional, and Ph.D. degrees, IUPUI promotes the educational, cultural, and economic development of central Indiana and beyond through innovative collaborations, external partnerships, and a strong commitment to diversity.

• Teaching and Learning
• Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
• Civic Engagement, Locally, Nationally, and Globally

• Collaboration within and across disciplines and with the community,
• A commitment to ensuring diversity, and
• Pursuit of best practices

Quick Facts

• IUPUI is Indiana's premier urban public research university.
• Offering more than 250 degrees in 21 schools, IUPUI is Indiana's most comprehensive university.
• The campus has a health and life sciences focus, with a medical school and a nursing school among the largest in the nation.
• The campus awards degrees from both Purdue University and Indiana University.
• The campus has an annual budget of $1.2 billion.
• IUPUI offers an affordable top quality education – cost of full time undergraduate in-state attendance per year (tuition and general fees):
• $6,434; out of state: $19,668. (Tuition and Fee Estimator)
• The IUPUI Jaguars participate in Division I athletics.
• Indianapolis offers outstanding opportunities for jobs, internships, social, and recreational activities.
• Student housing accommodates approximately 1,107 students in a traditional residence hall, town homes, and Campus Apartments on the River Walk. Off-campus accommodations are also available.

Student Life

• The Campus Center opened in January 2008 and hosted 6,147 events during its first year.
• The Office of Student Involvement hired the first Coordinator of
• Fraternity & Sorority Life in June 2008 to work with the existing 13 fraternity and sorority chapters and further support the growing Greek community at IUPUI.
• For the second consecutive year, campus housing opened at full capacity in the fall 2008 semester with approximately 1,100 students.
• More than 740 students were seen at CAPS for more than 4300 counseling or assessment sessions.
• The Office of Student Involvement sponsored over 19 leadership development programs, reaching over 300 students, faculty, and staff.
• 45 students faculty, staff, and community partners participated in the "To Mexico with Love" program in Cuernavaca, Mexico providing 960 person-hours of service and serving 110 children and dozens of patients at Henri Dunant Hospital and its sister Red Cross emergency service location.
• Over 1,570 volunteers took part in 41 different service/civic engagement activities for a total of 9,519 service hours in the community.
• IUPUI Democracy Plaza was the 2008 Gold Award Winner of the NASPA Excellence Award, category of "Careers, Academic Support, Service Learning, Community Service and related."

Athletics

Diversity

Faculty Information

• More than 2,500 faculty in 21 schools provide the basis for IUPUI’s quality educational programs.
  
• Over 90% of full-time faculty have professional or doctoral degrees.
  Serious efforts have been undertaken to increase the diversity of faculty.

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