€2,944 in funding for first-generation university students—so your studies don’t depend on your budget.
We promote what makes you special!
Education for everyone! That's us. Equality, diversity, and inclusion are also part of our DNA. That's why we award four partial scholarships and our new scholarship for FirstGen each month to individuals with particularly inspiring backgrounds who have not yet started at IU International University (IU). Because educational paths must remain colorful, but above all, follow one guiding principle: Everything is possible.
Our IU scholarship supports you financially with a discount on tuition fees. Additionally, our studies offer practical projects, access to exclusive research resources, and enable you to learn in a largely barrier-free, individual, and flexible manner.
NEW: FirstGen-Scholarship
Are you planning to be the first in your family to pursue an academic career? To help you realise your dream of earning a university degree, we’ll support you with €2,944 — this amount will be credited towards your monthly tuition fees.
Requirement: Send us a short essay about your motivation for studying and a written statement confirming you are the first in your family wishing to study.
Secure your chance to receive one of 500 scholarships.
We support and develop what makes you stand out!
Education for everyone! That’s our motto. Equality, diversity and inclusion are part of our DNA. That’s why each month, we award four 50%-scholarships to people who inspire us and want to enroll at IU International University of Applied Sciences (IU). There’s many paths to education, but they have one idea in common: everything is possible.
The benefits:
Your tuition fees are reduced for the entire duration of your studies
We support special educational paths: financially, practically and in a scientific context
Accessible, personalised studying with maximum flexibility is possible at any time
Take your shot and apply for one of our scholarships for:
People with disabilities, women in tech, single parents or career changers.
Scholarship for people with disabilities
If your health is impaired, you are facing many challenges every day. To get you one big step closer to your goal of a degree, we want to offer you financial support!
Requirements: You must be able to deliver proof of continuing health impairment.
In addition, you submit an up-to-date certificate of impairment (medical certificate or pass for severe handicaps).
Scholarship for Women in Tech
Women who want to study MINT-subjects (subjects from the area of mathematics, IT or technology): You want to take on this male-dominated industry with your tech skills? We’ve got your back – with our women in tech scholarship!
Requirements: You are applying for one of our bachelor’s or master’s programmes in the area of IT & technology.
In addition, you submit a letter of motivation detailing your motivation for working in this field.
Scholarship for single parents
If you are completing a degree as a single parent, you are truly inspiring: You are not only taking care of your future, but of your child’s future as well. We want to honour this extraordinary effort by supporting you financially with our scholarship for single parents.
Requirements: You are a single parent with sole or shared custody and your offspring lives with you? Then we look forward to receiving your application! Please submit the birth certificate of your child/children.
Scholarship for Career Changers (Industry Change Required)
You are planning an industry change and want to realign your professional path? This scholarship supports individuals who consciously choose a new start in a different industry. Education creates impact at every stage of life – even when traditional funding options no longer apply.
Requirement: An industry change is mandatory. In your motivation letter, describe your decision to change industries, your goals in the new industry, and why our support will help you move forward at this point.
Scholarship checklist:
You are aiming for a distance learning or myStudium program
Your studies have not yet started
You meet the criteria for your desired scholarship as described in the overview
You are applying for an IU scholarship for the first time
You have a university entrance qualification recognised in Germany
(e.g. equivalency document, screenshot from Anabin or similar proof).
Your Path to the IU Scholarship: The Application Process
1. Activate scholarship
The discount code must be redeemed within 6 weeks in your online application on our website. You will receive all important information in your confirmation email.
2. Upload documents
Upload your documents within 24 hours in step 2 of the application form.
We need:
Motivation letter (max. one A4 page) as PDF
CV
University entrance qualification for the selected study program (e.g., high school diploma, bachelor's degree, professional certificates)
Other proofs (e.g., disability ID for people with disabilities or birth certificate of the child for single parents)
3. Receive confirmation
We will inform you about acceptance or rejection by the 15th of the following month. You will receive your personal discount code by email.
If any documents are missing, a rejection will also be issued.
4. Activate your scholarship
The discount code must be redeemed within 6 weeks in your online application on our website. You will receive all important information in your confirmation email.
5. Sign your contract
6. Start your studies
Apply for a scholarship now
Your upgrading scholarship for experienced professionals
The upgrading scholarship for experienced professionals is aimed at skilled workers with a completed vocational training and several years of practical experience. It supports your first academic degree at a state or state-recognized university.
Characteristics: We focus on your performance in your vocational training and at work rather than on school grades. Applications from professionals over the age of 30 are also welcome. You can submit your application from before the start of your studies until the end of your second semester.
Scholarship holders in part-time degree programmes receive a funding of 3,045 euros per calendar year regardless of income.
Application period: There are two selection processes each year, during which the online application is open for several weeks. Details on the application periods can be found here.
To apply for the scholarship in a few steps:
1. Online application
Apply for the upgrading scholarship via www.sbb-stipendien.de/aufstiegsstipendium. Your eligibility for a scholarship will be reviewed.
2. Skill check
3. Interview and funding
Deutschlandstipendium – for particularly gifted students
Are you particularly talented, capable and already enrolled at IU? If you would like to receive financial support for your first degree, second degree, supplementary degree or Master's degree, the best thing to do is apply for a Deutschlandstipendium from the federal government. In this way, you can secure a welcome relief of 300 euros per month.
Learn moreYou can try out your study programme for one month – no commitment. The fees for this period only apply if you decide to continue your studies with us.
Government and private funding initiatives
Take the chance and apply for the programmes of non-profit organisations that offer scholarships for gifted students or individuals with special needs.
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