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Indiana University is the principal campus of the Indiana University System . It is also known as "Indiana University Bloomington" or simply '''IU''', and is located in Bloomington, Indiana , United States . IU has 110 programs ranked in the nation's top 20. Twenty-nine graduate programs and four colleges at Indiana University are ranked among the top 25 in the country in the '' US News & World Report 's'' Best Graduate Schools 2001-2002. '' Time '' magazine named Indiana University its "2001 College of the Year" among major research universities. '' Newsweek '' named Indiana University "the hottest big state school in the nation" in 2005. The university's intercollegiate athletic program boasts 25 national championship teams (including seven in soccer, six in swimming and five in basketball) and 133 individual national championships (including 79 in swimming and 31 in track and field). The University is one of 60 members of the " institutions of higher education, defined by the authors as a public institution that "provides an Ivy League collegiate experience at a public school price." STUDENT BODY/CULTURE IU's total student enrollment in the fall semester of 2006 was 38,247 students.1 Indiana University's Freshman experience was recognized by '' U.S. News & World Report '' in 2003 as among the best in the country. The tenth annual ''Newsweek-Kaplan College Guide'', which appeared in the August 22 , 2005 issue of ''Newsweek'' magazine, chose IU as its "Hottest Big State School" and extolled the campus's blend of tradition with emerging technologies. IU was the only Big Ten institution included.2 3 |
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