Vincennes University (VU) is a
public university in
Vincennes, Indiana in the
United States. Founded in
1801 as Jefferson Academy, VU is the oldest public institution of higher learning in Indiana. Since
1889, VU has been a two-year university, although baccalaureate degrees in seven select areas are now available. Unlike most other two-year higher-education institutions, however, VU is a residential campus and has been since its inception over two hundred years ago. VU was chartered in
1806 as the territory of Indiana's four-year university and remained the State of Indiana's sole publicly-funded four-year university until the establishment of
Indiana University. Until 2005, Vincennes University served as the state-mandated coordinator of the
Ivy Tech Community College system.
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