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Your contact persons. The IU University Management

The university leadership team at IU International University of Applied Sciences is here for you – whether you have questions, academic concerns, or need guidance on strategic matters. The Rector, Vice-Rectors, and the Chancellor work together to ensure academic excellence, innovation, and continuous development at IU.

Rector and Chancellor

The Rectorate is responsible for university management and is the highest arbitration body in all matters of academic self-administration. The Rectorate consists of: the Rector, the Vice-Rectors and the Chancellor.

Other bodies and committees of the university in addition to the Executive Board are the Senate, the Heads of Departments and the Advisory Board.

IU Rektor: Prof. Dr. Holger Sommerfeldt

Prof. Dr. Holger Sommerfeldt

Rector

Professorship for Service Management

IU Kanzlerin: Prof. Dr. Alexandra Wuttig

Prof. Dr. Alexandra Wuttig

Chancellor

Professorship for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Vice Rectors

Prof. Dr. Kamal Battacharya

Prof. Dr. Kamal Bhattacharya

Vice-Rector Research and Transfer

Professorship for IT Management & Data Analytics

Prof. Dr. Regina Cordes

Prof. Dr. Regina Cordes

Vice Rector Accreditation and Programme Formats

Professorship for Personnel & Organisation

Prof. Dr. Anastasia Hermann

Prof. Dr. Anastasia Hermann

Vice Rector Quality of Teaching

Professorship for Human Resources Management

Prof. Dr. Florian Hummel

Prof. Dr. Florian Hummel

Vice Rector Campus Studies

Professorship for International Service Sector Management

Prof. Dr. Karsten Leibold

Prof. Dr. Karsten Leibold

Vice Rector Teaching and Continuing Education

Professorship for Aviation Management

Prof. Dr. Michaela Moser

Vice Rector Distance Learning

Professorship for Human Resources Management

Senat

The Senate is responsible for matters of academic self-administration. It advises on issues of university development, is involved in appointments to governing bodies and adopts regulations that govern the orderly running of study programmes.

See § 12 of the Basic Regulations of the IU International University of Applied Sciences.

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board consists of high-calibre representatives from companies and scientific institutions. It advises the IU International University on fundamental practical issues relating to research and teaching. The close connection between IU International University and its partners in practice and academia plays a decisive role in ensuring that the teaching content of the individual degree programmes is always geared towards the current needs and developments in the various sectors.

Frank Weise

Ex CEO Bundesagentur für Arbeit

NGO | Public Administration

Lucy Stonehill

Gründer & CEO BridgeU

Digital Business | Education

Jimmy Wales

Gründer Wikipedia 

International | NGO

Karina Montilla Edmonds

SVP, Head of Academies & University Alliances SAP

Tech | International

Tobias Bonhoeffer

Director Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie

Science | NGO

Kamissa Camara

Ex Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ex Minister of Digital Economy and Planning of Rep. of Mali

Politics | Digital

Raffaela Rein

Founder Career Foundry 

Digital Business | Education

Sascha Lobo

Journalist, Bestseller-Autor und KI-Experte

Artificial Intelligence | Digital Business

Awards, accreditations and certifications

IU Internationale Hochschule ist seit 1999 eine staatlich anerkannte HochschuleIU Internationale Hochschule ist vom Wissenschaftsrat akkreditiertIU Internationale Hochschule ist zugelassen für FernunterrichtIU Internationale Hochschule erhält beim StudyCheck-Award 2023 die Auszeichnung „Top Hochschule in Deutschland“