Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
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![The Ron Venderly Family Bridge crosses the St. Joseph River, connecting the former McKay Family Farm with the Main Academic Campus.](/Images/godic/202501/21/Fort_Wayne_Trail_Bridge_St_Joe_River0606.jpg")
![Waterfield Campus Student Housing in 2008.](/Images/godic/202501/21/2008_IPFW_Dorms0606.jpg")
![IPFW Mastodons logo](/Images/godic/202501/21/IPFWMastodons0607.png")
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. The university is the fifth-largest public university in Indiana, and 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 are known as the IPFW Mastodons.