Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis is a unique urban learning environment of more than 27,000 students representing 100 countries. International students come from all over the world to study here and to learn about American culture in the safe mid-western city of Indianapolis, Indiana . Indianapolis is the prosperous and expanding capital and largest city in Indiana, but is surrounded by the rolling farmland for which the state is famous. Chicago, Cincinnati, and Louisville are all within a three-hour s drive. Although Indianapolis is a cosmopolitan urban center of over one million people, the city is very spread out.
Many visitors comment upon the lush, tree-lined neighborhoods and the city s many parks.
It s a great place to visit and an interesting setting for your higher education.