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 km 2) at the then-suburban northeast edge of Fort Wayne on the eastern bank of the St. 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. 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. In 1917, Indiana University started offering courses in downtown Fort Wayne to 142 students in 12 courses. Indiana University - Fort Wayne ExtensionĪnd expanded through the 1976 merger with: History History at a glance IPFW began as co-located extension campuses via the move to the joint campus in 1964, encompassing the: About two weeks before the split took effect, the athletic program, which was inherited solely by PFW, changed its branding from Fort Wayne Mastodons to Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons. The health sciences programs on the campus became Indiana University Fort Wayne, and the other programs became Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW). On July 1, 2018, the two universities parted company in Fort Wayne. The university's 14 men's and women's athletic teams competed in Division I of the NCAA Summit League. IPFW offered more than 200 graduate and undergraduate degree programs through IU or Purdue universities. During its last academic year (2017–2018), IPFW had a total enrollment of 10,414 students.
IPFW hit its highest enrollment in 2014, with 13,459 undergraduate and postgraduate students in nine colleges and schools, including a branch of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Founded in 1964, IPFW was a cooperatively-managed regional campus of two state university systems: Indiana University and Purdue University. Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne ( IPFW) was a public university in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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