Indiana University Bloomington


Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington) is a public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. IU Bloomington is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Being the flagship campus, IU Bloomington is often referred to simply as IU or Indiana. However, in recent years, the name "Indiana University" has been applied more broadly to the entire Indiana University system.

Of students enrolled in the Spring 2012 term, 1,664 were African-Americans, 1,655 were Asian, 1,488 were Hispanic, and 64 were American Indian. More women (20,290) were enrolled than men (20,189). While 55,2% of the student body was from Indiana, students from 49 of the 50 states, Washington D.C., and 165 foreign nations were also enrolled.

Indiana University Bloomington also has a wide variety of extracurricular organizations and clubs to keep students active and involved beyond academics. IU is also home to a Greek system of about 17 percent of undergraduates.

Branch Libraries

In addition to IU's main library, the Bloomington Libraries support eighteen additional facilities:
  1. Business/SPEA Information Commons (Library for the Kelley School of Business and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs)
  2. Chemistry Library
  3. Education Library
  4. Fine Arts Library
  5. Geosciences Library (Library for the Geology, Geography, and Atmospheric Sciences Departments)
  6. HPER Library (Library of the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation)
  7. Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Center for Disability Information and Referral (CeDIR) Library
  8. Indiana Prevention Resource Center Library
  9. Kinsey Institute Library
  10. Law Library (Library for the Maurer School of Law)
  11. Life Sciences Library (Library for the Biology Department, Medical Sciences Program, and Nursing Program)
  12. The Lilly Library
  13. Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Library
  14. Office of University Archives and Records Management
  15. Optometry Library
  16. Swain Hall Library (Library for the Departments of Physics and Mathematics and the School of Informatics and Computing)
  17. William & Gayle Cook Music Library
  18. Wylie House Museum