,·Public Research (R1)·Est. 1969
“Indiana's urban research university — IU Indianapolis since the 2024 split, anchoring downtown Indy with one of the nation's largest medical campuses.”
Indiana University Indianapolis is the urban, downtown-Indy research campus of Indiana University. From 1969 through June 2024 it operated as Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), a unique joint partnership between IU and Purdue. On July 1, 2024, the partnership formally split: Indiana University took ownership of the core campus (medicine, nursing, business, law, social work, philanthropy, science, the arts) and renamed it IU Indianapolis, while Purdue established a separate Purdue University in Indianapolis to operate the engineering, computer science, and technology programs. This profile describes the larger continuation — IU Indianapolis — which retains the campus, hospitals, and ~21,000 students. IU Indianapolis is home to the IU School of Medicine — the second-largest medical school in the United States — alongside the IU McKinney School of Law, the Kelley School of Business (Indianapolis campus), the Herron School of Art and Design, the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, the Luddy School of Informatics, the IU School of Nursing, the Robert H. McKinney School of Law, the world's first School of Philanthropy, and the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. The campus sits beside the White River Canal in downtown Indianapolis, surrounded by IU Health hospitals (including Riley Hospital for Children) and connected by skybridges to a 5,000-bed clinical complex. For international students, IU Indianapolis offers the academic depth of a flagship research system in an affordable Midwestern city. Indianapolis is one of the most economical major U.S. metros, has Eli Lilly, Salesforce, and Anthem as major employers, and provides extensive clinical/internship pipelines through IU Health. The university operates on a SEMESTER calendar, is fully test-optional, and admits new freshmen with applications closing June 1 for fall start.
Visa, OPT, H-1B alumni outcomes, and acceptance rates by country — sourced from FOIA, USCIS H-1B Hub, and DHS SEVIS.
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Test Optional — You can submit scores if they help your case, but they're not required.
Official SourceThe deep admissions playbook beyond the headline acceptance rate — round-by-round breakdowns, nationality data, requirements, and contact paths.
Domestic
$9,956 – $11,200
/yr
Out-of-State / Intl
$32,000 – $35,000
/yr
Beyond the sticker price — every named scholarship, the financial aid policy, need-aware notes, and a personalized net-cost estimate.
How life on campus actually feels — clubs, sports, traditions, housing realities, and how the school integrates with its city.
The second-largest medical school in the United States. Headquartered on the IU Indianapolis campus with statewide regional centers; clinical training across IU Health and Eskenazi Health.
Indianapolis campus of IU's nationally ranked Kelley School. Strong in accounting, finance, marketing, and supply-chain, with downtown access to Eli Lilly, Salesforce, OneAmerica, and a major corporate-services sector.
One of the largest nursing schools in the country, offering BSN, ABSN, MSN, DNP, and PhD pathways. Clinical placements span IU Health.
Indiana University's law school in Indianapolis, ranked nationally for legal writing (top 10) and health law. JD, LLM, and MJ programs.
IU's professional art and design school, located on the IU Indianapolis campus. Offers BFA programs in fine arts, visual communication design, photography, and art history.
IU's computing and informatics school on the Indianapolis campus, with programs in informatics, applied data science, health informatics, and human-computer interaction.
4 years
MD program at the second-largest U.S. medical school, headquartered on the IU Indianapolis campus and integrated with IU Health hospitals.
4 years
STEM-designated interdisciplinary program at the Luddy School covering electronic health records, clinical analytics, and health data systems — placement into Eli Lilly, IU Health, and Anthem/Elevance.
4 years
Direct-admission BSN at one of the country's largest nursing schools, with clinical placements across IU Health's downtown Indy hospital network.
Where alumni go after graduation — top industries, grad-school continuation, and the qualitative outcomes story.
Sticker price (annual, out-of-state): $34,891
Net-cost estimate is US-resident-only — international applicants are typically excluded from need-based aid at most schools and should treat the sticker price as the planning baseline.
