Recognised, tested, recommended - an overview of our quality
Not only external bodies, but also our own students give us top marks: IU International University of Applied Sciences (IU) regularly receives top ratings from the best-known study comparison platforms, where students can rate and recommend universities and study programmes.
Top ratings for our students
What our students say about us is particularly important to us. That's why we are delighted with the consistently high ratings on independent platforms:
Top Fernhochschule Award 2025 – FernstudiumCheck
IU Distance Learning regularly receives top ratings from our students: With a recommendation rate of 97% on the FernstudiumCheck platform, IU Distance Learning is once again one of the most popular distance learning programmes in Germany in 2025.
3rd place Fernhochschulen 2025 – Fernstudium direkt
The IU distance learning programme also received excellent marks from the comparison platform Fernstudium Direkt. With 4.4 out of 5 stars, we were awarded as an "excellent provider" in 2025 and landed on the 3rd place of the best list of distance learning providers.
Category Award beliebteste Hochschulen 2025 – StudyCheck
Our IU myStudium made it into the ranking of the most popular universities on the StudyCheck comparison platform in 2025.
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Erfahrungen im Fernstudium lesen Erfahrungen im dualen Studium entdeckenRankings: Top positions for teaching, practical relevance & support
The IU regularly achieves excellent results in renowned rankings:
CHE Ranking 2023/2024
In the current CHE ranking, IU ranks in the top group in almost all categories in the subjects of Business Administration, Business Information Systems and Social Work. In particular, IU scored better than all other dual study programmes with an almost perfect overall rating of 4.9 out of 5 stars in Business Information Systems in the dual model. In the business administration (dual) and social work (dual) degree programmes, IU achieved an overall score of 4.4 and 4.0 out of 5 stars respectively, putting it above the university average in all three rankings.
FIBAA
IU is the first German University of Applied Sciences to receive the ‘Excellence in Digital Education’ seal of quality from the FIBAA Accreditation and Certification Commission in the ‘Premium’ category. According to the panel of experts, IU exceeds the underlying quality requirements in 15 out of 23 criteria. Digital teaching at IU is therefore rated as excellent.
FIBAA (Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation) is an internationally recognised accreditation and certification agency that supports universities in quality assurance. It accredits according to the standards of the German Accreditation Council and awards the FIBAA quality seal to universities and study programmes. Excellent performance is recognised with the premium seal.
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