Become part of the IU Copilot School featuring Microsoft, an offer from IU International University (IU), and benefit from hands-on knowledge and cutting-edge AI skills for the working world of tomorrow during your distance learning programme. As a distance learning student, you have the exclusive opportunity to purchase your Microsoft 365 Copilot license at the special IU rate of only €16.99 per month* – securing access to an innovative learning environment. Not only will you study more effectively and individually, but you will also gain the AI expertise you need for your professional future.
*Valid only with residence in Germany, after the official start of studies, following the trial month, not during a leave of absence or preliminary courses.
Make your way. With AI.
Microsoft and IU combine academic expertise and AI excellence to nurture the AI talents of tomorrow: At IU Copilot School, you receive AI-driven education tailored to your needs. You study independently, receive support where you need it, and gain real opportunities for self-fulfilment. If you want to live up to your potential with AI, you’ve come to the right place at Germany's largest university of applied sciences.
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Future-ready – Improve your workflow
Microsoft 365 Copilot makes working with the Microsoft Office 365 Suite easier for you. You’ll naturally learn how to prompt and handle AI—making you especially efficient in the professional world later on.
Creative – Brainstorm with AI
This tool helps you develop creative ideas for projects or academic assignments. With the right prompts, it supports you in structuring and further developing these ideas.
Versatile – Tackle a wide range of tasks
From comprehension questions to translations: Microsoft 365 Copilot assists you with a variety of tasks. For example, it provides context to help you better understand your study material. You can also translate texts from foreign languages or generate code.
Why You Need AI Skills – In Your Studies and Career
Smart Working
With Microsoft 365 Copilot, you work more efficiently than your fellow students and colleagues. This makes you a particularly valuable employee and gives you a unique selling point over the competition.
Innovative Thinking
In your daily work, you’ll see what’s possible with AI. This broadens your perspective: it becomes easier to think in new directions and to recognize which innovations will truly move your company forward.
Future Readiness
The AI boom will continue to present us with new challenges in the coming years. As an early adopter of one of the most important AI tools in the working world, you’ll keep pace with developments and make yourself indispensable to employers.
How Microsoft 365 Copilot Helps You in Your Studies
Work smart. Unlock your potential. Have more time for new ideas. With Microsoft 365 Copilot, you complete your study tasks more efficiently—and have a companion by your side 24/7. Find out more in the video about how Microsoft 365 Copilot supports you during your studies.
Drafting & Citing
Get support with developing initial drafts, data analysis, and creating your bibliography.
Summarizing & Researching
Summarize scripts and presentations, create flashcards, and receive research tips.
Creating a Study Plan
Set up your personal weekly schedule for your studies, work, and personal life.
Smart Support for Your Academic Work
Preparation & Writing
Finding a topic & Literature research: Microsoft 365 Copilot helps you choose your topic, formulate research questions, and summarize academic texts.
Structuring: The tool suggests an initial structure, providing a logical flow for your paper.
Data analysis & Visualization: Microsoft 365 Copilot assists you in brainstorming analysis approaches and provides initial ideas for evaluating and visually presenting data, e.g., in Excel. You are responsible for interpreting and assessing the results.
Finalizing, Submission & Presentation
Proofreading & Citations: Microsoft 365 Copilot checks spelling, helps you maintain consistent formatting and citation style, and automatically generates your bibliography.
Presentations: The tool creates an initial draft for an engaging presentation with animations and images based on your paper.
Oral exams: Copilot prepares you for oral exams with sample questions.
Efficient Study Organization
Weekly schedule: Microsoft 365 Copilot takes your job, study, and personal commitments into account to create a weekly to-do list.
Study plans: The tool also builds a study plan tailored to your personal learning goals.
Emails: Inbox overloaded? The tool highlights important emails and helps you draft replies.
Learning materials: It summarizes scripts and live sessions and creates practical flashcards.
Meeting transcripts: It transcribes and summarizes live sessions so you can review them later.
B.Sc. Computer Science
I’m really excited about studying with Microsoft 365 Copilot. I’m currently trying out the tool’s features and I think it’s brilliant. I’m really enjoying my studies—of course, that’s a big motivator.
Erling Wulf Weinreich
Student
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