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Indiana University, main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The medical center (run jointly with Purdue Univ.) is at Indianapolis, and there are campuses at South Bend, Kokomo, Fort Wayne, Gary, New Albany, and Richmond, as well as extension centers throughout the state. Research facilities include the Center on Global Change and World Peace and the Cyclotron Facility and Nuclear Theory Center.
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Indiana University, founded in 1820, is a nine-campus university system in the state of Indiana. The IU system includes the following campuses:
- (the main flagship campus, and often referred to as "Indiana University Bloomington," "IUB," or "IU")
- Indiana University East in Richmond, Indiana
- Indiana University Kokomo in Kokomo, Indiana
- Indiana University Northwest in Gary, Indiana
- Indiana University South Bend in South Bend, Indiana
- Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, Indiana
The system also operates two university campuses in cooperation with Purdue University:
- Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) in Indianapolis, Indiana
- Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Furthermore, there is another small campus associated with IUPUI:
The IUPUI campus also hosts the Indiana University Medical Center, the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, Indiana University School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, and the Indiana University School of Dentistry, all of which are on IUPUI's campus but technically independent of IUPUI.
As of Fall 2007, the number of students at Indiana University is 99,122; many of these students study at the main Bloomington campus (38,990 students) and at IUPUI (29,854 students).
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