Indiana University--Bloomington is a public institution that was founded in the year 1820. It has undergraduate enrollment of around 32,367, its setting is urban, and the campus area is 1,937 acres. It has a semester-based academic calendar. Indiana University—Bloomington is ranked 75 in 2012 edition of the Best Colleges is National Universities.

The school’s sports teams are notorious competitors in the NCAA Division I Big Ten Conference, and, since the University does not have a mascot, all the teams are known simply as Hoosiers. There are over 650 student organizations on campus, and over 5,000 students go Greek in the school’s large community of fraternities and sororities. Arts and entertainment performances, like the annual Lotus World Music & Arts Festival, take place year round. The students can explore the surrounding area through the Indiana University Outdoor Adventures program, which organizes caving, boating, and rock and gorge climbing trips. The active students can compete in the annual Little 500, largest collegiate bike race in the nation and a fundraiser for university scholarships, or spend around 36 hours on their feet in the IU Dance Marathon, a benefit of the Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis.

Among IU Bloomington’s many graduate-level programs are the top ranked School of Education, Kelley School of Business, and Maurer School of Law. Indiana’s law school is the innovative program renowned for its first year team based approach, the diversion from typical legal education. The notable alumni include the composer and songwriter Hoagy Carmichael, who penned “Georgia on My Mind; and famed dieter Jared Fogle, served as the spokesman for the Subway sandwich chain.

Campus Location

107 S. Indiana Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000

General Information

School type-public, coed college
Year founded-1820
Religious affiliation-N/A
Academic calendar-semester
Setting-urban