IU Internationale Hochschule GmbH

About

IU International University of Applied Sciences is Germany's largest university, renowned for its highly flexible, career-focused education delivered primarily online and through various campus locations. It excels in fields like Business Administration, IT & Tech, and Hospitality Management, offering a practical, industry-oriented curriculum. For international students, IU is exceptionally welcoming, providing a vast array of English-taught bachelor's and master's programs designed for global accessibility. Students benefit from dedicated international student advisors, career services, and a supportive learning environment that accommodates diverse schedules and locations. Its distinctive characteristic is its pioneering blended learning model, combining online flexibility with optional on-campus experiences, making higher education accessible worldwide.

Background

IU International University of Applied Sciences (German: IU Internationale Hochschule) is a private for-profit university of applied sciences based in Erfurt, Germany. It opened in 2000 and was formerly known as the International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef / Bonn (Internationale Fachhochschule Bad Honnef/Bonn or IFH). IU provides vocational programs in German and English, for which it offers in-person teaching on campus as well as distance or blended learning. The latter make up by far the largest part with over 80%. The university offers separate German (iu.de) and international (iu.org) programmes. With over 130,000 enrolled students, IU is the largest state-accredited university in Germany as of the summer semester of 2021 and features amongst the top 100 largest universities in the world. The university's actions have repeatedly come under criticism.

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