The IUPUI English for Academic Purposes Program is a component
of the English Department at IUPUI and serves the campus international
community by providing English language courses designed to meet
ESL students’ academic needs. Our courses support all the various
academic departments by offering intermediate to advanced English
courses to help prepare students to enter and succeed in their
various fields of study.
EAP classes are small, ranging in size from five to twenty students
and are taught by trained and experienced teachers using interactive,
communicative teaching styles. The classes focus on the academic
English skills students need to be successful at the university
level. Special emphasis is given to teaching advanced listening,
speaking and reading skills, as well as complex English grammatical
forms and structures, and academic composition.
All international students apply to IUPUI through the
Office of International Affairs. After admission and subsequent
arrival in Indianapolis, they take the EAP Placement Test for
accurate placement into the program courses. Students then meet
with their academic advisor to plan their studies.
Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis is a unique
urban learning environment of more than 27,000 students representing 100
countries. The IUPUI campus includes twenty different Indiana University
and Purdue University schools offering a total of 182 undergraduate and
graduate degree programs. International students come from all over the
world to study here and to learn about American culture in the safe
Midwestern city of
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Indianapolis is the prosperous and expanding capital and largest city in
Indiana, but is surrounded by the rolling farmland for which the state is
famous. Indianapolis is nicknamed the "crossroads of America" because
several major interstate highways intersect it. Chicago, Cincinnati, and
Louisville are all within a three-hour’s drive. Major cities on the East
Coast (NY, Boston, Washington, DC) and in the south (Atlanta, Dallas, New
Orleans) are only a day’s drive or quick plane trip away.
Although Indianapolis is a cosmopolitan urban center of over one million
people, the city is very spread out. Many visitors comment upon the lush,
tree-lined neighborhoods and the city’s many parks. In fact, Indianapolis
boasts the largest city owned park in the US! It’s a great place to visit
and an interesting setting for your higher education.
Through these web pages you can find out how you can attend IUPUI and what
we have to offer!
Thomas A. Upton, Director
English for Academic Purposes Program
Cavanaugh Hall 341
425 University Boulevard
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 274-2188
