Celebrating 40 Years of Excellence!

1969 - 2009

IUPUI will observe its 40th year in 2009 and celebrate its accomplishments all year long.

Established on a "fast track" over a six month period in late 1968, IUPUI was created out of the vision of then Indianapolis Mayor Richard Lugar, IU President Joseph L. Sutton, Purdue President Frederick L. Hovde, IUPUI's first Chancellor, Maynard K. Hine, and other visionary leaders in our community. Over the next 40 years, IUPUI has truly come into its own, becoming what Richard Lugar called for, "a great state university in Indianapolis."

IUPUI celebrated forty years on Saturday, January 31st with a special dinner event that included the recognition of Senator Richard Lugar with the Chancellor's Medallion. » View video from the event

Celebrating a great university in heart of the city – Last weekend, something remarkable happened at the IUPUI campus center. A birthday party celebrated the 40th anniversary of this incredible institution. Two of the world's great universities, Indiana and Purdue, have come together to present one of the most exciting, dynamic, innovative and successful educational experiments in the world today. » Read entire article

Richard Lugar's 1968 Speech

Richard Lugar

View a transcript of the 1968 speech about IUPUI by former Mayor Richard Lugar.

From Idea to Impact: 5 Years in a Journey to 40

"We started with an idea in 1968, which was to bring all the schools that existed and were succeeding to varying degrees at that time together into one campus and to commit them to our city."

Chancellor Bantz's State of the Campus Address reflects on 40 years of IUPUI history. » View multimedia