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Strengthen your sustainable career and our environmental future

Become the environmental leader the world needs at IU

IU is the place to be if you want to make a positive impact on the environment well before graduation. Here, you'll get the resources and support you need to succeed as part of the next generation of environmental leaders.

The Integrated Program in the Environment (IPE) empowers students to explore environmental and sustainability issues from any discipline and any angle. IPE is the hub for all environmental and sustainability-related programming on the IU Bloomington campus.

Whether you're a scientist, policymaker, communicator, or artist, IPE will connect you with faculty and staff across all of IU with research, work, immersive, and community opportunities focused on the environment. These experiences will prepare you to face the world's complex environmental and sustainability challenges.

Quick guide for prospective students

What IU offers

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IPE by the numbers

35 environmental degree programs

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160+affiliated faculty members across 10 schools to learn from

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1,600acres of natural preserves to explore across 8 protected properties

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$70,000invested in student research last year alone

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<96,800hands-on hours IU students have spent tackling Indiana's sustainability issues

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1sustainability community where you belong

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Ways to learn about the environment at IU

Research

The chance to work with faculty on meaningful research projects differentiates the IU experience for students interested in the environment.

Work

Tackle real sustainability, climate, and resilience issues through paid work experiences.

Student experiences

Open your mind in our classroom without walls, live with students who care about sustainability, and take courses that bring you face-to-face with global leaders.

Our students' success is the world's good fortune

IPE students grow careers, make Indiana more resilient

Through the McKinney Climate Fellows program, IPE students sophomore Braya Benjamin and senior Mary Grace Jacko worked on projects that directly benefited the state. Benjamin created a greenhouse gas inventory for the Indianapolis Public Library. Jacko contributed to the project that secured a $117.5-million Solar for All grant.

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Sustainability Scholar co-authors published paper, receives award

Lauren Ulrich received the 2024 Provost’s Award for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity for work she began as a 2020–21 Sustainability Scholar. As an extension of the Scholars program, she co-authored a research paper on environmental journalism with Dr. Suzannah Evans Comfort, The Media School, that was eventually published in Journalism History.

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Student group plants campus' future

Student organization Rewild IU is working to make sure IU Bloomington keeps its reputation as one of America's most beautiful campuses. Rewild IU aims to manage and restore campus' natural areas, removing invasive species, protecting existing native plants, and even starting their own tree nursery at the Research and Teaching Preserve, with more than 48,000 seeds locally adapted.

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