Indiana University Courses and Fees 2025

I found the course curriculum to be very updated and enriching. There are various requirements such as breadth and depth requirements that ensure that each student knows core areas well and specialises in area of their interest. There is also a requirement to pass efficiency test in one foreign language (German/French/Russian). This is very helpful because some research papers are not written in English. Various seminars are also conducted that help students. I found their academic approach very holistic and based on learning and knowledge instead of being a race for grades. Each student is also assigned an academic mentor (a faculty) and a peer mentor (a senior PhD student) for personalised guidance throughout the program.

I chose to this university because it has great faculty working in the area of my interest (Functional Analysis and Operator Theory). At IIT Delhi, we follow books written by authors that have worked/studied at Indiana University. In fact, my current supervisor (Prof. Hari Bercovici) at IU was my top choice because I was inspired by a book written by him. His research credentials are amazing and that’s what matters the most in PhD. The university’s math department ranks 34 and it’s situated in Bloomington which is a very pleasant place to live. I also had offers from - University of Oregon, University of California (Davis) and NYU(unfunded).