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Indiana University is internationally recognized for the excellence and diversity of its programs. The university was founded at Bloomington in 1820 and is one of the oldest and largest of the state-supported universities, attracting students from throughout the United States and around the world. More than 100,000 students are enrolled on eight campuses, and the full-time faculty numbers over 3,000. The core of the university system consists of the residential campus at Bloomington, a city of 60,000, and the urban medical campus at Indianapolis, a vibrant city of 1,000,000. Regional campuses in Gary, Fort Wayne, Kokomo, New Albany, Richmond, and South Bend join Bloomington and Indianapolis in making high-quality education available. The School of Optometry's academic and research programs are primarily located on the tranquil, culturally rich Bloomington campus.
The school enjoys a growing presence in Indianapolis as it expands its clinical and research programs in cooperation with health sciences programs, including the School of Medicine, on the urban campus at Indiana University-Purdue University (IUPUI). The Bloomington facility is a five-story building on the south edge of the Bloomington campus. It houses classrooms, teaching laboratories, clinics, library, administrative offices, the Borish Center for Ophthalmic Research, and vision science laboratories. In addition to the Atwater Eye Care Center, the school operates the Community Eye Care Center on the west side of the city. The Indianapolis Eye Care Center serves as a primary eye care center for the Indianapolis community as well as a referral and clinical research center on the IUPUI campus. 
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