earlier for construction of the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center. The remaining property and buildings of the 142-acre (0.57 km2) developmental center was transferred later in 2007, with the land split between IPFW (40 acres [0.16 km2]) and Ivy Tech Community College (45 acres [0.18 km2]).
IPFW was divided into two universities on July 1, 2018: Purdue University Fort Wayne, and Indiana University Fort Wayne. The division moved all departments involved in health care to Indiana University Fort Wayne, and all others into Purdue University Fort Wayne. The split generated a moderate level of controversy, as the nursing program was formerly administered by the Purdue School of Nursing. This marked the second time Indiana University had taken over a Purdue healthcare-related institution (the other being Purdue's school of medicine in 1908). The Philosophy and Geosciences departments were closed on January 1, 2017.
== Campus ==
IPFW's campus is 688 acres (2.78 km2), encompassing four main campus areas, including …
