The ideal college experience, two centuries in the making. Indiana University students get it all—the storybook experience of what college should be like, and the endless opportunities that come with it. Top-ranked academics. Awe-inspiring faculty. Active campus life. International culture. Phenomenal music and arts events. The excitement of IU Hoosier sports. And a jaw-droppingly beautiful campus.
Founded in 1820, Indiana University Bloomington is the flagship campus of IU's seven campuses and two regional centers statewide. Innovation, creativity, and academic freedom are hallmarks of our world-class contributions in research and the arts.
We have nurtured doers and leaders over our past two centuries by creating an academic atmosphere where revolutionary ideas and unexpected collaborations rule the day. IU educational experiences change our graduates' lives—and the lives of the communities they serve as experts and professionals.
Environmental policy, social psychology, music, nuclear physics, foreign languages—our diverse academic programs are among the best, with several ranking #1 and in the top 10 nationally. We are also known for innovation and firsts like the nation's first informatics school.
IU faculty, students, and alumni aspire to their fields' highest standards, bringing home prestigious national and international awards: Tonys, Oscars, Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, Emmys, Grammys, Olympic medals, Guggenheims, and Fulbrights. You will find us on podiums and stages of all kinds—performing, accepting honors, standing up for human rights, and presenting our research.
The top-ranked IU Jacobs School of Music and our fine arts, theatre, and entertainment offerings rival much larger cities. IU stages more than 1,000 performances every year, in venues that are artistic experiences in themselves. The Musical Arts Center—which we call "the MAC"—is one of the grandest arts venues in the United States, seating 1,460 and featuring a 90′ x 60′ main stage.
We extend our famous IU "Hoosier hospitality" to ideas as well as people. With open-mindedness and kindheartedness, we support a diverse, international environment that seeks out all perspectives and draws on our global experiences. IU consistently earns accolades for overseas study programs and worldwide philanthropic ventures—and a forward-thinking campus climate.
Building on two centuries of outstanding achievements in education, research, and the arts, Indiana University has set forth a mission to keep IU on the course of greatness in our third century.
Bloomington is the flagship residential, an extensive doctoral campus of Indiana University. Its mission is to create, disseminate, preserve, and apply knowledge. It does so through its commitments to cutting-edge research, scholarship, arts, and creative activity to challenging and inspired undergraduate, graduate, professional, and lifelong education to culturally diverse and international educational programs and communities to the first-rate library and museum collections to economic development in the state and region and meaningful experiences outside the classroom. The Bloomington campus is committed to full diversity, academic freedom, and meeting the state's changing educational and research needs, the nation, and the world.
Indiana University Bloomington passes the two-century mark in 2020. At our bicentennial approach, we have created goals and strategies for our future in our Bicentennial Strategic Plan for Indiana University Bloomington. The IU Bloomington plan draws from the Bicentennial Strategic Plan for Indiana University, which establishes a mission, core values, and vision for all IU campuses.
Indiana University Bloomington continually looks ahead, reshaping our initiatives to ensure our relevance and influence in our local community, in our state, and throughout the world. Our campus has a long history of supporting innovative programs and a welcoming culture. We set our standards high for academic offerings, the diversity of our faculty and student body, and the strength of our global relationships.
Indiana University attracts and supports a diverse faculty that mentors a student body coming from all socioeconomic backgrounds. We invest in academic support that considers the special needs and unique contributions of first-generation college students, veterans, students from underrepresented minorities, GLBT students, international students, returning students, and part-time students.
We believe the humanistic disciplines that help us understand our world—history, philosophy, language, communication and culture, political theory, religion—are enhanced by an in-depth exploration into how we express ourselves through the arts. As the state's leader in humanities and arts education, we continually look for new ways to connect our creative research and scholarship with studying the human experience.
At IU Bloomington, we promise to help you fulfill yours. We do it by giving you everything college should be. More than 550 academic programs, including opportunities you will not find anywhere else. A cream-and-crimson-clad family that you can call on throughout your life. And a springboard to a rewarding career and a bright future.
An Indiana University Bloomington education transforms you. Whether you are an undergraduate or graduate student, whether you are from South Bend, San Antonio, or Shanghai, you will encounter ideas and have experiences that help you refine your goals, develop the skills to reach them, and put you on the path to success.
Momentous IU breakthroughs and inventions—like the structure of DNA and the fluoride in our toothpaste—are part of a legacy of transforming how we live through research. IU researchers study an enormous range of interests, tackling the big questions in one of the most respected and exciting environments for discovery. It is no wonder IU is ranked among the world's 50 most innovative universities.
Through research opportunities that are as infinite as the cosmos, you will be inspired by new perspectives that draw on IU's global expertise and our passion for doing good in the world.
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