Encouraging intellectual excellence, research, and scholarship. Providing in-depth study in each student’s specialized field. Stimulating continued cultural and intellectual growth. Those qualities are key to the educational experience offered through graduate programs at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Providing graduate education since 1957, IUP offers nearly fifty master’s degree programs, nine doctoral programs, and numerous certificate programs to more than two-thousand graduate students.
IUP is the only public university in Pennsylvania classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a Doctoral/Research University. IUP is also a member of the Council of Graduate Schools, the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools, and the Pennsylvania Association of Graduate Schools.
Known for quality education at an affordable cost, IUP’s graduate programs allow students to study on a part-time or full-time basis, taking daytime or evening courses. Students work closely with faculty members who have earned national and international reputations in their areas of expertise while remaining committed to teaching. Students also have opportunities to present their work at conferences, symposia, and exhibits.
IUP students have access to specialized research and training opportunities through more than forty-five centers and institutes created and managed by faculty members. Among those centers is the Applied Research Lab, which assists with the design and conducting of research projects.
- About Graduate Studies
- Indiana University of Pennsylvania is a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University with over 2,290 graduate students and more than fifty graduate programs.
- Graduate Admissions
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- Research at IUP
- Resources for faculty, staff, and students for research opportunities, research policies, grant and travel funding, thesis/dissertations, and IUP's centers and institutes.