Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne

Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne

Type	Public coeducational
Established	September 17, 1964 (via merger of previously established institutions)
Endowment	$48.6 million (2013)
Chancellor	Vicky L. Carwein
Academic staff	346 (2013)
Administrative staff	1,256 (2013)
Students	13,459 (2013)
Undergraduates	12,928 (2013)
Postgraduates	531 (2013)
Location	Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
Campus	Suburban: 688 acres (2.78 km2)
Colors	Blue and white
Athletics	NCAA Division I Summit League
Nickname	Mastodons
Mascot	Don the Mastodon
Affiliations	Purdue University System Indiana University System
Website	www.ipfw.edu

Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) is a coeducational public university in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1964, IPFW is a cooperatively-managed regional campus of two state university systems: Indiana University and Purdue University. IPFW enrolls 13,459 undergraduate and postgraduate students in nine colleges and schools, including a branch of the Indiana University School of Medicine. IPFW offers more than 200 graduate and undergraduate degree programs through IU or Purdue universities. IPFW is the largest university in northeast Indiana. The university's 14 men's and women's athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA Summit League and, since the 2016–17 school year, are known as the Fort Wayne Mastodons.

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In 1917, Indiana University started offering courses in downtown Fort Wayne to 142 students in 12 courses. At a separate downtown location, Purdue University permanently established the Purdue University Center in 1941 to provide a site in Fort Wayne for students to begin their undergraduate studies prior to transferring to the West Lafayette main campus to complete their degree.

Under the direction of Purdue University President Frederick Hovde, Indiana University President Herman Wells, IU trustee John Hastings, and Purdue trustee Alfred Kettler Sr., the Indiana University and Purdue University extension centers began merging in 1958 via the formation of the Indiana–Purdue Foundation. To serve the extension centers' now combined mission in Fort Wayne, the Indiana–Purdue Foundation acquired a 99-year lease on agricultural land owned by Allen County to form a campus totaling 114 acres (0.46 km²) at the then-suburban northeast edge of Fort Wayne on the eastern bank of the St. Joseph River. Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne opened on September 17, 1964, following nearly two years of construction that began on October 18, 1962. The first all-inclusive building on campus was known as the Education Building, but it has since been renamed Kettler Hall in honor of the combined university's chief advocate. Kettler's vision and passion during the 1950s made IPFW possible. IPFW awarded its first four-year degree in 1968 after awarding two-year degrees through the IU and Purdue Fort Wayne extension centers prior to the formation of the joint IPFW campus.