the Solution Center at IUPUI

The Solution Center focuses on six economic clusters of research and academic importance, as
identified by the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership and the Energize Indiana Project, which are
essentially important to Central Indiana.

Life Sciences and Health Sciences

IUPUI is a leader in Indiana’s life and health sciences, generating employment opportunities within
the state at twice the national rate. With programs such as the IHIE
and the Regenstrief Institute, and through faculty and students in IU’s schools of Informatics,
Nursing, Dentistry, Medicine, and Law and Purdue schools of engineering and technology and Science – all
on the IUPUI campus – the university has partners with pubic health officials, medical device and
pharmaceutical manufacturers, and healthcare providers to create a strong environment to advance the
life sciences and the health information technology sector.

» Life Sciences & Health Sciences resources at IUPUI

Advanced Manufacturing

Still an economic driver for the state, this largest sector of Indiana’s economy faces real challenges.
Its strength and future depends on growth in high-tech manufacturing jobs, updated manufacturing enterprises
and greater access to modern technology and research capabilities. Purdue schools of engineering and
Technology, Science and IU schools of Business, Informatics, and others provide leadership in advanced
manufacturing through research, community service efforts and the training of skilled professionals at
IUPUI.

» Advanced Manufacturing resources at IUPUI

21st Century Logistics

This $1 trillion industry includes issues ranging from supply-chain security and solutions, intermodal
transportation, and carrier collaboration to evaluation assets and talent needs. Like the state, this is
a growth area for IUPUI and involves faulty and students from IU schools including Business Public and
Environmental Affairs, Liberal Arts, and Physical Education and Tourism management and the Purdue School of
Engineering and Technology.

» 21st Century Logistics resources at IUPUI

Arts, Culture and Tourism

The arts, tourism and entertainment represent growth opportunities for the city with 19 million visitors
spending nearly $3 billion each year. As a convention destination, Indianapolis frequently outperforms its
peer cities. The faulty and students of IUPUI through Herron School of Art and Design, Liberal Arts, and
Physical Education and Tourism Management serve the state as a ready resource of research and expertise to
develop an energetic and high visible arts, culture and tourism sector.

» Arts, Culture and Tourism resources at IUPUI

Nonprofit Organizations

Philanthropy is much more than contributing to a favorite charity. It’s about giving blood, volunteering at
a favorite organization, or helping a neighbor in need. IUPUI boasts the nation’s largest and best-known
center for philanthropic research. Faculty and students from IU schools ranging from Liberal Arts, Public
and Environmental Affairs, and Social Work to Business and Law create the infrastructure and pipeline of
talent available at IUPUI.

» Nonprofit Organization resources at IUPUI

Information & Communication technology

Among the many definitions for high-tech, the most useful focuses on embeddedness, the idea that technology
is an increasingly integral part of many industries. The need for experts in this field transverses sectors:
business, industry, nonprofits, and government agencies. IUPUI faculty, students, and graduates from seven
schools including IU schools of Informatics, Business and Purdue schools of Engineering and Technology and
Science are highly skilled and trained in information technologies, with no fewer than seven schools contributing
to the pipeline of talent.

» Information & Communication technology resources at IUPUI

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