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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 2026 – 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 2026.


IU Distance Learning on FernstudiumCheck

1st place Fernhochschulen 2026 – 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 2026 and landed on the 1st place of the best list of distance learning providers.


IU Distance Learning on Fernstudium Direkt

Category Award "Top Hochschule 2026" – StudyCheck

Our Dual Studies and our IU myStudium made it into the ranking of the most popular universities in the category "over 15.000 students" on the StudyCheck comparison platform in 2026.


IU Dual Studies on StudyCheck

IU myStudium on StudyCheck

Real experiences, real stories - directly from our students

Our students tell us how they experience their studies at IU - with family, job or special challenges. Be inspired by their personal stories.

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Rankings: Top positions for teaching, practical relevance & support

The IU regularly achieves excellent results in renowned rankings:

Siegel FIBAA - Premium

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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