Boldly creating a home for the future

A home for world-class academics

IU is home to top-ranked business and music schools. We’re home to the world’s first school of philanthropy, the nation’s first school of informatics, and the country’s largest medical school. Our hundreds of academic programs are among the world’s best, and we’re always looking toward the horizon, thinking about what’s next.

To better prepare our students for the careers of tomorrow, we’ve launched or reconfigured 10 schools in the last decade, and we’re constantly adding new academic programs, like IU Bloomington’s Intelligent Systems Engineering program and IU Online’s 100% virtual Master of Science in Educational Technology for Learning.

A home for shared success

When our students and faculty thrive, we thrive. Since 2011, our nationally recognized MoneySmarts financial literacy program has helped IU students reduce their borrowing by $126.4 million, a 19 percent decrease.

We also help our faculty members to share their knowledge, innovate in their research and creative activity, and prepare for leadership positions—all within an environment where diverse backgrounds and perspectives are valued, so they can continue to catalyze discoveries and ignite students’ potential.

A home for support

Mental health is an important part of helping our community thrive, so we have expanded our resources to serve our faculty, staff, and students.

A home for innovation

Get a glimpse of some of the most notable achievements from IU faculty and students throughout history.

A diversity milestone

Juanita Kidd Stout, an IU alum, was the first African American woman to serve on a state supreme court in the United States.

A cure for cancer

IU oncologist Lawrence Einhorn developed a treatment for testicular cancer that improved the survival rate from 5 to 95 percent.

A Nobel first

Late IU professor Elinor Ostrom was the first female Nobel Laureate in economic sciences.

A genetic breakthrough

IU scientists were responsible for the first use of DNA technologies to locate a marker for a human disease gene, targeting the gene responsible for Huntington’s Disease.

A historical note

IU faculty member Camilla Williams was the first African American singer to receive a regular contract with a major American opera company, the New York City Opera, and sang the national anthem before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.

The original Crest formula

IU scientists first developed the toothpaste formula that Procter & Gamble later named Crest.

A home for global perspectives

IU is a gateway to the world, and we prepare students to live and work anywhere with wide-ranging language and culture programs, more than 380 overseas study options, Global Gateway Network offices across continents, and partnerships with nearly 60 institutions worldwide. More than 7,000 international students are currently pursuing their educations here, serving as a testament to the power of an IU degree.

A home for bold vision

Our mission is to provide broad access to undergraduate and graduate education for students throughout Indiana, the United States, and the world, as well as outstanding academic and cultural programs and student services.

We seek to create dynamic partnerships with our communities in economic, social, and cultural development and to offer leadership in creative solutions for 21st-century problems, and we strive to achieve full diversity and maintain friendly, collegial, and humane environments, with a strong commitment to academic freedom.

To achieve our vision as one of the great research universities of the 21st century, we will:

• Provide an excellent, relevant, and responsive education across a wide range of disciplines in baccalaureate, graduate, and professional education, to students from all backgrounds
• Pursue excellent world-class research, scholarship, and creative activity
• Engage in the economic, social, civic, and cultural development of Indiana, the nation, and the world by building on the base of excellence in research and education

A home for strong values

We are committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct and integrity at IU, including these core values.

• Excellence and innovation
• Discovery and the search for truth
• Diversity of community and ideas
• Respect for the dignity of others
• Academic and personal integrity
• Academic freedom
• Sustainability, stewardship, and accountability for the natural, human, and economic resources and relationships entrusted to IU
• Sharing knowledge in a learning environment
• Application of knowledge and discovery to advance the quality of life and economy of the state, the region, and the world
• Service as an institution of higher learning to Indiana, the nation, and the world