All About Luddy
You’re now a Luddy student.
But what’s special about Luddy? Here’s what your fellow Luddy students say:
We support you socially.
Luddy is a small, family-like environment, focused on student support and success.
We support you academically.
Luddy faculty members go out of their way to help you succeed, whether that’s through office hours, going over material again in class, or offering to help outside of these times if they don’t work for your schedule. They want to ensure you understand.
We support your future.
We’re collaborative and non-competitive; students help each other and cheer one another on even when interviewing for the same internships and jobs.
Important resources for Luddy students:
- Academic Advising: As a Luddy student, you have an assigned academic advisor to help guide you along the way.
- Career Services: Luddy’s Career Services office helps connect tech students with employers and navigate the job search.
- Free Tutoring: Luddy provides free tutoring in core courses, math, and other common Luddy courses.
- Research: Luddy has opportunities for students to get involved in research projects with faculty, even as early as their first semester!
- Student Organizations: Luddy offers numerous different student organizations to get involved with outside of the classroom.
- Study Abroad: Many Luddy students decide to take advantage of a variety of overseas studies options during their time here.
- Scholarships: Luddy provides a number of different scholarships at the undergraduate level.
Behind the name: Meet Fred Luddy
Where technology meets innovation, you’ll find Fred Luddy.
A serial entrepreneur and the founder and Chairman of the Board of ServiceNow, Luddy sees tomorrow while others are still figuring out today. He has been on the cover of Forbes Magazine as one of the top 100 innovators alive. Born in New Castle, Indiana, Luddy arrived on the IU campus in 1973 and immediately pursued his passion for programming. In 2019, Luddy bestowed a historic gift that will propel the school into the future. In honor of Luddy’s generosity – the second-largest private gift in IU history – the school was named the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering.
