IUPUI realignment could bring big benefits to Indy businesses and economy

The uncoupling of IUPUI, giving Indiana University and Purdue University their own identities in Indianapolis, will bring big benefits to both schools and to the business community, education and corporate leaders predict.

The move, announced last week, won’t be complete for two years, and many details have yet to be worked out. But IU, which plans to rebrand its majority portion of the IUPUI campus as Indiana University Indianapolis, says it plans to beef up its local presence, including research in numerous academic areas.

Purdue, for its part, says it is looking forward to growing its Indianapolis presence under its own name. Those plans include expanding Purdue’s Indianapolis enrollment by at least 1,000, opening a branch of its Applied Research Institute here, and partnering with IU on a biosciences engineering institute.

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